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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 318 · 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) mice (c) Formula for speed? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  4. 4.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
  6. 6.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  8. 8.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  10. 10.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  13. 13.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) they are cheaper (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) distance ÷ time (c) mice (d) Capital of Kerala?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  18. 18.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you missed (d) the newest only
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) shuffling the deck
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  21. 21.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  23. 23.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) see it again sooner (c) never use it again (d) throw it away
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  26. 26.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) modern
  29. 29.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  32. 32.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front

Answer key

  1. a poor flashcard habit
  2. one fact per card
  3. mice
  4. True
  5. making your own cards
  6. it is active recall
  7. a whole page per card
  8. so order gives no clue
  9. a good flashcard habit
  10. False
  11. the front
  12. making your own cards
  13. you think as you write
  14. Capital of Kerala?
  15. reading both sides
  16. a good flashcard habit
  17. a poor flashcard habit
  18. the cards you missed
  19. a whole page per card
  20. the front
  21. False
  22. more practice on misses
  23. see it again sooner
  24. Thiruvananthapuram
  25. the same order always
  26. more practice on misses
  27. distance ÷ time
  28. modern
  29. False
  30. a good flashcard habit
  31. a good flashcard habit
  32. one fact or idea
  33. the back
  34. shuffling the deck
  35. a poor flashcard habit
  36. flipping straight away
  37. reading both sides
  38. the front
  39. shuffling the deck
  40. the front

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