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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 383 · 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.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) the same order always
  3. 3.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card
  4. 4.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 56 (d) mice
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  7. 7.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) take in water (c) What do roots do? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  11. 11.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is faster
  12. 12.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Formula for speed?
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
  18. 18.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  21. 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) never testing yourself (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) modern (c) Formula for speed? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) Formula for speed? (d) distance ÷ time
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) What do roots do? (c) 56 (d) Formula for speed?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) a question on the front (d) reading both sides
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) take in water (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
  36. 36.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit

Answer key

  1. you think as you write
  2. more practice on misses
  3. one fact per card
  4. answer first, then flip
  5. Opposite of “ancient”?
  6. the back
  7. True
  8. take in water
  9. a poor flashcard habit
  10. making your own cards
  11. it is active recall
  12. True
  13. the cards you missed
  14. distance ÷ time
  15. a good flashcard habit
  16. reading both sides
  17. the front
  18. see it again sooner
  19. never testing yourself
  20. shuffling the deck
  21. a question on the front
  22. the back
  23. a good flashcard habit
  24. the back
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. shuffling the deck
  27. the back
  28. flipping straight away
  29. modern
  30. a whole page per card
  31. Formula for speed?
  32. the front
  33. 56
  34. reading both sides
  35. 7 × 8 = ?
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. only the easy cards
  40. a poor flashcard habit

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