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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 319 · 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.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
  2. 2.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) answer first, then flip
  5. 5.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  6. 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) more practice on misses
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  8. 8.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) one fact or idea (c) ten facts (d) a full page
  9. 9.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) more practice on misses (d) the same order always
  10. 10.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) take in water (d) 56
  12. 12.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) to finish faster
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) reading both sides (c) making your own cards (d) one fact per card
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  20. 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  21. 21.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 56 (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
  23. 23.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Formula for speed? (c) modern (d) distance ÷ time
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) What do roots do? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
  30. 30.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they look nicer
  31. 31.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  32. 32.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back

Answer key

  1. see it again sooner
  2. False
  3. a good flashcard habit
  4. only the easy cards
  5. one fact per card
  6. never testing yourself
  7. more practice on misses
  8. one fact or idea
  9. more practice on misses
  10. True
  11. Capital of Kerala?
  12. so order gives no clue
  13. the front
  14. the front
  15. reading both sides
  16. a good flashcard habit
  17. False
  18. the same order always
  19. a poor flashcard habit
  20. a poor flashcard habit
  21. True
  22. 7 × 8 = ?
  23. False
  24. Formula for speed?
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. False
  27. a good flashcard habit
  28. the same order always
  29. modern
  30. you think as you write
  31. the front
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a good flashcard habit
  35. False
  36. True
  37. a whole page per card
  38. Thiruvananthapuram
  39. the back
  40. the back

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