Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 900 · 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? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
6. 6.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) criticising people (c) believing all you hear (d) clear, fair thinking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
8. 8.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to make better choices (c) to look clever (d) to win every fight
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) spots missing facts (d) trusts any website
10. 10.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) spots missing facts (c) never asks why (d) looks for reasons
14. 14.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) checks the facts first
25. 25.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Why bother?”
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks good questions (d) looks for reasons
28. 28.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) compares the options (c) shares without checking (d) looks for reasons
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) compares the options (d) decides in a hurry
40. 40.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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