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.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 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.🔍 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.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 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.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.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🃏 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.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🃏 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 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.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.🔍 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 30.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) distance ÷ time (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 31.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) ten facts (c) a full page (d) a whole chapter
- 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.🃏 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.🔍 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.🔍 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 37.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
Answer key
- True
- mice
- the back
- making your own cards
- one fact per card
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- the front
- see it again sooner
- never testing yourself
- False
- one fact per card
- the cards you missed
- True
- only the easy cards
- you think as you write
- a poor flashcard habit
- flipping straight away
- a good flashcard habit
- the front
- a whole page per card
- True
- more practice on misses
- Thiruvananthapuram
- reading both sides
- a good flashcard habit
- so order gives no clue
- a good flashcard habit
- Capital of Kerala?
- a good flashcard habit
- Plural of “mouse”?
- one fact or idea
- more practice on misses
- it is active recall
- answer first, then flip
- only the easy cards
- the front
- False
- a question on the front
- a good flashcard habit
- a poor flashcard habit
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