Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 90 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) shares without checking
2. 2.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) never asks why
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) changes mind with proof
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) decides in a hurry
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) never asks why (c) believes every rumour (d) copies what all do
9. 9.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
11. 11.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
12. 12.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) copies what all do
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) copies what all do (d) checks the facts first
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
22. 22.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) asks good questions (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
25. 25.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) ignores the facts (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
28. 28.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
30. 30.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) changes mind with proof (c) trusts any website (d) hears only one side
33. 33.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to look clever
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) checks the facts first (c) believes every rumour (d) trusts any website
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) asks good questions
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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