Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 815 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) spots missing facts (c) looks for reasons (d) listens to both sides
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) trusts any website (c) checks the facts first (d) asks good questions
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
15. 15.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) thinks before deciding (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
18. 18.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) tell everyone (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
22. 22.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
25. 25.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) copies what all do (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks “How do you know?”
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) looks for reasons (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
28. 28.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) hears only one side
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) spots missing facts
32. 32.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
34. 34.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) ignores the facts (d) asks good questions
36. 36.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears only a friend (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
37. 37.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) clear, fair thinking (c) criticising people (d) believing all you hear
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side

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