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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 331 · 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.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) one fact or idea
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) modern (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  6. 6.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) mice (c) What do roots do? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  9. 9.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) never testing yourself (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  11. 11.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) take in water (c) mice (d) distance ÷ time
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  18. 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
  19. 19.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) modern (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 56 (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  22. 22.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to lose some (d) to make it messy
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) take in water
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) answer first, then flip (d) a question on the front
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) only the easy cards
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 56 (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
  38. 38.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it saves cards (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
  39. 39.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. one fact or idea
  2. Plural of “mouse”?
  3. Thiruvananthapuram
  4. the same order always
  5. the front
  6. mice
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. flipping straight away
  9. see it again sooner
  10. never testing yourself
  11. you think as you write
  12. Formula for speed?
  13. a good flashcard habit
  14. False
  15. a poor flashcard habit
  16. a question on the front
  17. the back
  18. one fact per card
  19. False
  20. 7 × 8 = ?
  21. Capital of Kerala?
  22. so order gives no clue
  23. only the easy cards
  24. take in water
  25. the back
  26. never testing yourself
  27. answer first, then flip
  28. a poor flashcard habit
  29. the same order always
  30. the front
  31. a good flashcard habit
  32. the back
  33. 56
  34. a poor flashcard habit
  35. more practice on misses
  36. a poor flashcard habit
  37. the front
  38. it is active recall
  39. True
  40. False

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