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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 218 · 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.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
  2. 2.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) What do roots do? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
  4. 4.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) making your own cards
  9. 9.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) ten facts
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  11. 11.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
  12. 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
  14. 14.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) more practice on misses
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) mice (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) a question on the front
  18. 18.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  19. 19.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
  20. 20.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the newest only
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  23. 23.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) mice (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) answer first, then flip
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) take in water
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) a whole page per card
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  36. 36.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards

Answer key

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

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