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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 185 · 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.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) more practice on misses (c) the same order always (d) flipping straight away
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) distance ÷ time (c) modern (d) What do roots do?
  4. 4.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  7. 7.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) see it again sooner (d) throw it away
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) making your own cards (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) more practice on misses
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) answer first, then flip
  12. 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a whole page per card (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  16. 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  18. 18.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) more practice on misses
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
  21. 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) never testing yourself
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) mice
  27. 27.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it saves cards (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the newest only
  32. 32.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) they are cheaper (c) you think as you write (d) nobody checks them
  34. 34.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  36. 36.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) mice (d) Formula for speed?
  39. 39.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to make it messy
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) What do roots do? (d) mice

Answer key

  1. one fact or idea
  2. more practice on misses
  3. What do roots do?
  4. False
  5. a poor flashcard habit
  6. Thiruvananthapuram
  7. see it again sooner
  8. making your own cards
  9. the back
  10. the same order always
  11. answer first, then flip
  12. the front
  13. only the easy cards
  14. a question on the front
  15. a whole page per card
  16. answer first, then flip
  17. never testing yourself
  18. reading both sides
  19. more practice on misses
  20. the same order always
  21. one fact per card
  22. the back
  23. only the easy cards
  24. the back
  25. 56
  26. Capital of Kerala?
  27. it is active recall
  28. one fact per card
  29. the front
  30. a good flashcard habit
  31. the cards you missed
  32. True
  33. you think as you write
  34. False
  35. a poor flashcard habit
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Formula for speed?
  39. so order gives no clue
  40. mice

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