Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 84 · 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? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
5. 5.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) tell everyone (d) believe it at once
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “How do you know?”
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
20. 20.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
22. 22.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) shares without checking
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) listens to both sides
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) listens to both sides (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) copies a friend
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) hears only one side (c) never asks why (d) shares without checking
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks good questions (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
36. 36.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) trusts any website
39. 39.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking

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