Using Brain Teasers to Build Critical Thinking Skills

Question 1

Face

Answer 1

verb

Confront or deal with something

_{You have to learn how to face your fears.}

_{We will face many new problems next year.}

Question 2

Pick something apart

Answer 2

verbal phrase

Find all the things that are bad or wrong

_{He likes to pick movies apart after watching them.}

_{She really picked the politician’s speech apart.}

Question 3

Overlook

Answer 3

verb

Fail to notice / ignore

_{I’m sorry, I must have overlooked it.}

_{He chose to overlook her problems.}

Question 4

In hindsight

Answer 4

noun

Understanding something only after it happened

_{In hindsight, we could have done things better.}

_{I’m very glad I didn’t marry her in hindsight.}

Question 5

Pay attention

Answer 5

verb

Take notice of someone / something

_{Please try to pay attention when she speaks.}

_{My child never pays any attention in class.}

Question 6

Analyze

Answer 6

verb

Examine in detail

_{We need to analyze his performance.}

_{This study will be hard to analyze.}

Question 7

Be misled

Answer 7

verb

Cause someone to have a wrong idea

_{I was misled by what he said.}

_{They got misled by the politician’s lies.}

Question 8

Critical thinking

Answer 8

noun

Analysing an issue

_{That lawyer has great critical thinking skills.}

_{You must use more critical thinking.}

Question 9

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