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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

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

Answer key

  1. a good flashcard habit
  2. so order gives no clue
  3. 7 × 8 = ?
  4. a good flashcard habit
  5. the front
  6. more practice on misses
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. see it again sooner
  11. more practice on misses
  12. it is active recall
  13. modern
  14. True
  15. one fact or idea
  16. the same order always
  17. never testing yourself
  18. one fact per card
  19. take in water
  20. False
  21. the front
  22. the back
  23. a poor flashcard habit
  24. a poor flashcard habit
  25. a poor flashcard habit
  26. a poor flashcard habit
  27. only the easy cards
  28. the back
  29. the front
  30. the cards you missed
  31. you think as you write
  32. the back
  33. answer first, then flip
  34. a poor flashcard habit
  35. Opposite of “ancient”?
  36. making your own cards
  37. flipping straight away
  38. a question on the front
  39. the front
  40. a question on the front

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