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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 177 · 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  2. 2.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) they look nicer (d) nobody checks them
  4. 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) modern
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) throw it away (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  7. 7.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you missed (c) the cards you know (d) the prettiest ones
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  11. 11.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) 56 (c) mice (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  16. 16.🃏 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
  17. 17.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) modern
  21. 21.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) flipping straight away
  23. 23.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
  26. 26.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) flipping straight away
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  30. 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
  31. 31.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) a question on the front (d) reading both sides
  32. 32.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  34. 34.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  37. 37.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) the same order always (d) more practice on misses
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Capital of Kerala?

Answer key

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

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