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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 222 · 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.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  2. 2.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) one fact or idea (c) ten facts (d) a whole chapter
  3. 3.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  6. 6.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) answer first, then flip
  10. 10.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  22. 22.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) throw it away (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  24. 24.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) take in water (d) distance ÷ time
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  30. 30.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
  32. 32.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) the same order always (d) shuffling the deck
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) distance ÷ time (c) 56 (d) take in water
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) take in water (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides

Answer key

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

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