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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 358 · 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 full page (c) a whole chapter (d) one fact or idea
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) only the easy cards (c) making your own cards (d) a question on the front
  3. 3.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  7. 7.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading both sides (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) take in water
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  11. 11.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  13. 13.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) modern (c) 56 (d) distance ÷ time
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  16. 16.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) making your own cards
  18. 18.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Formula for speed?
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) answer first, then flip
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 56 (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) mice
  25. 25.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  27. 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  28. 28.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  30. 30.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  33. 33.🃏 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
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  36. 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they are cheaper (c) nobody checks them (d) they look nicer
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) more practice on misses
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) a question on the front
  40. 40.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. one fact or idea
  2. only the easy cards
  3. False
  4. a good flashcard habit
  5. the front
  6. the front
  7. True
  8. more practice on misses
  9. Opposite of “ancient”?
  10. a whole page per card
  11. True
  12. the back
  13. 7 × 8 = ?
  14. the same order always
  15. a good flashcard habit
  16. True
  17. reading both sides
  18. True
  19. True
  20. so order gives no clue
  21. a good flashcard habit
  22. mice
  23. a whole page per card
  24. Plural of “mouse”?
  25. True
  26. the same order always
  27. one fact per card
  28. shuffling the deck
  29. making your own cards
  30. it is active recall
  31. never testing yourself
  32. the back
  33. see it again sooner
  34. Thiruvananthapuram
  35. never testing yourself
  36. you think as you write
  37. the front
  38. more practice on misses
  39. a question on the front
  40. False

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