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