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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 120 · 40 questions
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Study tip (Ask, answer, flip): Front: the question or cue (“Capital of Kerala?”). Back: the answer (“Thiruvananthapuram”). Good habits: one fact per card, answer first then flip, shuffle the deck, more practice on misses, make your own cards. Poor habits: a whole page per card, flipping straight away, the same order always, only the easy cards.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  2. 2.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
  9. 9.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) hide it for a month
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  16. 16.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to finish faster (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
  17. 17.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) 56 (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  20. 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) take in water (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) reading both sides (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
  28. 28.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) mice (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
  30. 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
  31. 31.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
  37. 37.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  40. 40.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall

Answer key

  1. only the easy cards
  2. False
  3. a good flashcard habit
  4. the front
  5. a poor flashcard habit
  6. the back
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. more practice on misses
  9. you think as you write
  10. the front
  11. a poor flashcard habit
  12. see it again sooner
  13. a whole page per card
  14. a poor flashcard habit
  15. a good flashcard habit
  16. so order gives no clue
  17. True
  18. Plural of “mouse”?
  19. reading both sides
  20. answer first, then flip
  21. 7 × 8 = ?
  22. a poor flashcard habit
  23. the back
  24. one fact or idea
  25. the front
  26. flipping straight away
  27. one fact per card
  28. False
  29. Capital of Kerala?
  30. making your own cards
  31. False
  32. Thiruvananthapuram
  33. reading both sides
  34. a question on the front
  35. more practice on misses
  36. a question on the front
  37. False
  38. distance ÷ time
  39. shuffling the deck
  40. it is active recall

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