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