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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a question on the front
  3. it is active recall
  4. flipping straight away
  5. the front
  6. a whole page per card
  7. you think as you write
  8. False
  9. only the easy cards
  10. True
  11. more practice on misses
  12. a poor flashcard habit
  13. the back
  14. take in water
  15. a poor flashcard habit
  16. False
  17. reading both sides
  18. False
  19. the cards you missed
  20. a poor flashcard habit
  21. a good flashcard habit
  22. a good flashcard habit
  23. reading both sides
  24. the front
  25. so order gives no clue
  26. see it again sooner
  27. True
  28. more practice on misses
  29. a good flashcard habit
  30. a poor flashcard habit
  31. distance ÷ time
  32. only the easy cards
  33. modern
  34. 7 × 8 = ?
  35. a whole page per card
  36. False
  37. the front
  38. False
  39. a good flashcard habit
  40. the front

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