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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 227 · 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  2. 2.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to finish faster (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
  3. 3.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
  4. 4.🃏 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
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
  6. 6.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) mice
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  11. 11.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) 56
  13. 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  16. 16.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  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) one fact per card
  18. 18.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) making your own cards
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) only the easy cards
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) more practice on misses (c) a question on the front (d) answer first, then flip
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  25. 25.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) one fact or idea
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  36. 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
  37. 37.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  39. 39.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the back
  2. so order gives no clue
  3. it is active recall
  4. see it again sooner
  5. flipping straight away
  6. the cards you missed
  7. one fact per card
  8. a poor flashcard habit
  9. mice
  10. shuffling the deck
  11. True
  12. Opposite of “ancient”?
  13. a question on the front
  14. a good flashcard habit
  15. the front
  16. True
  17. a whole page per card
  18. never testing yourself
  19. only the easy cards
  20. distance ÷ time
  21. the front
  22. the same order always
  23. the same order always
  24. only the easy cards
  25. one fact or idea
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. reading both sides
  28. 7 × 8 = ?
  29. Thiruvananthapuram
  30. take in water
  31. a good flashcard habit
  32. making your own cards
  33. a poor flashcard habit
  34. more practice on misses
  35. a poor flashcard habit
  36. you think as you write
  37. False
  38. a good flashcard habit
  39. False
  40. False

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