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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 236 · 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.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) What do roots do? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Capital of Kerala?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
  4. 4.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 56 (d) distance ÷ time
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) answer first, then flip
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  11. 11.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  12. 12.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) flipping straight away
  14. 14.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  21. 21.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  25. 25.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the newest only (d) the cards you missed
  26. 26.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  29. 29.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) one fact or idea (c) a whole chapter (d) a full page
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  31. 31.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) 56 (d) Formula for speed?
  34. 34.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  36. 36.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Formula for speed? (d) What do roots do?
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) the same order always (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip

Answer key

  1. False
  2. distance ÷ time
  3. only the easy cards
  4. False
  5. Capital of Kerala?
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. never testing yourself
  9. the back
  10. a question on the front
  11. shuffling the deck
  12. True
  13. a question on the front
  14. True
  15. a good flashcard habit
  16. a poor flashcard habit
  17. the front
  18. a poor flashcard habit
  19. a good flashcard habit
  20. shuffling the deck
  21. you think as you write
  22. a good flashcard habit
  23. the back
  24. the front
  25. the cards you missed
  26. False
  27. never testing yourself
  28. take in water
  29. one fact or idea
  30. a whole page per card
  31. False
  32. one fact per card
  33. 56
  34. it is active recall
  35. more practice on misses
  36. True
  37. the front
  38. Thiruvananthapuram
  39. making your own cards
  40. answer first, then flip

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