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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 282 · 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) a question on the front (d) a whole page per card
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
  6. 6.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
  7. 7.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) take in water (c) 56 (d) mice
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  10. 10.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
  11. 11.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
  16. 16.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  20. 20.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) one fact or idea (c) a whole chapter (d) ten facts
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  28. 28.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) take in water (d) mice
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) What do roots do? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  32. 32.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) distance ÷ time (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
  37. 37.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  39. 39.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front

Answer key

  1. the front
  2. a question on the front
  3. a good flashcard habit
  4. the back
  5. answer first, then flip
  6. see it again sooner
  7. Opposite of “ancient”?
  8. only the easy cards
  9. mice
  10. it is active recall
  11. True
  12. True
  13. flipping straight away
  14. one fact per card
  15. 7 × 8 = ?
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a poor flashcard habit
  20. one fact or idea
  21. never testing yourself
  22. shuffling the deck
  23. the back
  24. the front
  25. making your own cards
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. the front
  28. answer first, then flip
  29. What do roots do?
  30. a poor flashcard habit
  31. 56
  32. you think as you write
  33. the front
  34. distance ÷ time
  35. a poor flashcard habit
  36. reading both sides
  37. more practice on misses
  38. a good flashcard habit
  39. True
  40. the front

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