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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 25 · 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) throw it away (b) never use it again (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
  2. 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. 3.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  6. 6.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) mice (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  11. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 17.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  18. 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. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  20. 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. 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. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  23. 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. 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. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  27. 27.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 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. 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. 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. 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. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 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. 36.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 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. 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. 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. 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

  1. see it again sooner
  2. modern
  3. True
  4. True
  5. a poor flashcard habit
  6. False
  7. True
  8. a good flashcard habit
  9. 7 × 8 = ?
  10. a good flashcard habit
  11. never testing yourself
  12. distance ÷ time
  13. flipping straight away
  14. so order gives no clue
  15. 56
  16. reading both sides
  17. Plural of “mouse”?
  18. mice
  19. a poor flashcard habit
  20. the same order always
  21. more practice on misses
  22. the back
  23. you think as you write
  24. the same order always
  25. the front
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. True
  28. the front
  29. a poor flashcard habit
  30. reading both sides
  31. shuffling the deck
  32. answer first, then flip
  33. What do roots do?
  34. the back
  35. a question on the front
  36. False
  37. the cards you missed
  38. only the easy cards
  39. never testing yourself
  40. flipping straight away

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