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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 252 · 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: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) mice (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  4. 4.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card
  6. 6.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  8. 8.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  10. 10.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
  12. 12.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
  13. 13.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
  15. 15.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) answer first, then flip
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) a whole page per card
  21. 21.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) the same order always
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) more practice on misses (d) shuffling the deck
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  26. 26.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to make it messy
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) take in water (c) distance ÷ time (d) modern
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) distance ÷ time (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  31. 31.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) ten facts (c) a full page (d) a whole chapter
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
  33. 33.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it saves cards (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  36. 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  37. 37.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit

Answer key

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

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