Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 940 · 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) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
3. 3.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) spots missing facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
7. 7.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) spots missing facts (d) never asks why
9. 9.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) copies a friend
12. 12.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
17. 17.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) compares the options (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
19. 19.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) backs the louder one (c) walks away (d) hears only a friend
20. 20.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
21. 21.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) argues anyway (c) changes their mind (d) hides the fact
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) looks for reasons (d) shares without checking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) checks the facts first (c) changes mind with proof (d) decides in a hurry
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) shares without checking
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
32. 32.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) criticising people (c) clear, fair thinking (d) believing all you hear
34. 34.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) thinks before deciding
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) asks “How do you know?”
40. 40.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) plan a holiday (c) tell everyone (d) believe it at once

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