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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 373 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  2. 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  3. 3.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they look nicer
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  6. 6.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to finish faster (c) so order gives no clue (d) to make it messy
  7. 7.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) ten facts (c) a whole chapter (d) a full page
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
  9. 9.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
  13. 13.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  16. 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  17. 17.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
  19. 19.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  21. 21.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) mice
  24. 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  25. 25.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) modern (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 56
  27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) shuffling the deck
  29. 29.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) What do roots do?
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) the same order always (d) a question on the front
  32. 32.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) What do roots do? (d) modern
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
  36. 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  38. 38.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) see it again sooner (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck

Answer key

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

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