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