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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 201 · 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 look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
  3. 3.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
  4. 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) modern (d) mice
  5. 5.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  8. 8.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
  14. 14.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  17. 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
  18. 18.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  19. 19.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  20. 20.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you missed (d) the cards you know
  21. 21.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) Formula for speed? (d) distance ÷ time
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  27. 27.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) 56 (c) modern (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  32. 32.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  34. 34.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
  36. 36.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card

Answer key

  1. you think as you write
  2. only the easy cards
  3. answer first, then flip
  4. Opposite of “ancient”?
  5. see it again sooner
  6. the front
  7. the back
  8. it is active recall
  9. the back
  10. a good flashcard habit
  11. a poor flashcard habit
  12. a poor flashcard habit
  13. making your own cards
  14. True
  15. True
  16. reading both sides
  17. mice
  18. the back
  19. one fact per card
  20. the cards you missed
  21. True
  22. False
  23. the back
  24. the front
  25. Formula for speed?
  26. only the easy cards
  27. so order gives no clue
  28. shuffling the deck
  29. What do roots do?
  30. a good flashcard habit
  31. a poor flashcard habit
  32. False
  33. the back
  34. False
  35. a question on the front
  36. True
  37. a poor flashcard habit
  38. take in water
  39. a good flashcard habit
  40. shuffling the deck

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