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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

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

Answer key

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

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