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