Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 693 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “Who cares?”
4. 4.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) check with the school (c) believe it at once (d) plan a holiday
6. 6.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
8. 8.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) walks away (c) backs the louder one (d) hears both sides
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) asks good questions (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) hears only one side (d) compares the options
15. 15.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) never asks why (d) changes mind with proof
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) shares without checking
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) hears only one side
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) shares without checking
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) ignores the facts (c) looks for reasons (d) believes every rumour
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) copies what all do (d) spots missing facts
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) spots missing facts (c) asks good questions (d) never asks why
37. 37.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Is it blue?”

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