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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 130 · 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 of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) shuffling the deck (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) What do roots do?
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  8. 8.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) never testing yourself
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
  12. 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  13. 13.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
  15. 15.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
  18. 18.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) distance ÷ time (c) What do roots do? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
  23. 23.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  29. 29.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) take in water (c) modern (d) Formula for speed?
  31. 31.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) What do roots do? (d) modern
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) never testing yourself (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  35. 35.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) they are cheaper (c) you think as you write (d) nobody checks them
  36. 36.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you missed (d) the newest only
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  38. 38.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) What do roots do? (c) distance ÷ time (d) modern
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card

Answer key

  1. a question on the front
  2. a good flashcard habit
  3. the back
  4. never testing yourself
  5. take in water
  6. the back
  7. a poor flashcard habit
  8. one fact per card
  9. a poor flashcard habit
  10. more practice on misses
  11. a question on the front
  12. the front
  13. False
  14. one fact per card
  15. False
  16. reading both sides
  17. answer first, then flip
  18. see it again sooner
  19. distance ÷ time
  20. the front
  21. the back
  22. a whole page per card
  23. True
  24. so order gives no clue
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. True
  27. the front
  28. a good flashcard habit
  29. it is active recall
  30. Formula for speed?
  31. True
  32. modern
  33. reading both sides
  34. making your own cards
  35. you think as you write
  36. the cards you missed
  37. Thiruvananthapuram
  38. False
  39. What do roots do?
  40. flipping straight away

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