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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

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

Answer key

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

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