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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 228 · 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.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 56 (d) mice
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  6. 6.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) modern (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Formula for speed? (d) What do roots do?
  11. 11.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) one fact per card (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) more practice on misses (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
  18. 18.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  20. 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
  21. 21.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  24. 24.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) ten facts (d) a full page
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) 56
  27. 27.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  29. 29.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  35. 35.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) to make it messy
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) take in water (d) 56
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  39. 39.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) modern (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Formula for speed?

Answer key

  1. see it again sooner
  2. a poor flashcard habit
  3. Capital of Kerala?
  4. the back
  5. the front
  6. modern
  7. more practice on misses
  8. a good flashcard habit
  9. the front
  10. Thiruvananthapuram
  11. False
  12. True
  13. flipping straight away
  14. one fact per card
  15. a good flashcard habit
  16. making your own cards
  17. the same order always
  18. the front
  19. the back
  20. answer first, then flip
  21. False
  22. it is active recall
  23. a poor flashcard habit
  24. one fact or idea
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. 56
  27. the cards you missed
  28. a good flashcard habit
  29. False
  30. the front
  31. a poor flashcard habit
  32. only the easy cards
  33. the front
  34. the front
  35. so order gives no clue
  36. never testing yourself
  37. Plural of “mouse”?
  38. the back
  39. 7 × 8 = ?
  40. take in water

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