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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 346 · 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: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  2. 2.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it is faster
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
  5. 5.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
  7. 7.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  10. 10.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) they are cheaper (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  13. 13.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) modern (c) take in water (d) distance ÷ time
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  16. 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  18. 18.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) modern (c) mice (d) take in water
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) never use it again (d) hide it for a month
  24. 24.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  30. 30.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to lose some (c) to finish faster (d) to make it messy
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) never testing yourself (d) more practice on misses
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) flipping straight away
  36. 36.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) more practice on misses
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  40. 40.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones

Answer key

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

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