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