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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 19 · 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.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) modern (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  3. 3.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  5. 5.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🃏 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
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  13. 13.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Formula for speed? (c) 56 (d) modern
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  17. 17.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  18. 18.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) mice (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  24. 24.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  26. 26.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) hide it for a month (c) never use it again (d) throw it away
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
  29. 29.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) a question on the front
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) 56 (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  38. 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a question on the front (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards

Answer key

  1. you think as you write
  2. Opposite of “ancient”?
  3. False
  4. a good flashcard habit
  5. True
  6. it is active recall
  7. a poor flashcard habit
  8. never testing yourself
  9. the back
  10. a question on the front
  11. a poor flashcard habit
  12. the back
  13. True
  14. a poor flashcard habit
  15. Formula for speed?
  16. flipping straight away
  17. one fact per card
  18. the back
  19. flipping straight away
  20. answer first, then flip
  21. Capital of Kerala?
  22. more practice on misses
  23. a poor flashcard habit
  24. False
  25. a whole page per card
  26. False
  27. see it again sooner
  28. Thiruvananthapuram
  29. False
  30. a poor flashcard habit
  31. never testing yourself
  32. only the easy cards
  33. the front
  34. the front
  35. shuffling the deck
  36. 7 × 8 = ?
  37. mice
  38. a question on the front
  39. a good flashcard habit
  40. the same order always

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