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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 385 · 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 cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  2. 2.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
  3. 3.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  5. 5.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it saves cards (c) it looks smart (d) it is faster
  6. 6.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  8. 8.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  9. 9.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) flipping straight away (c) more practice on misses (d) making your own cards
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) the same order always (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  17. 17.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) hide it for a month (d) throw it away
  18. 18.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) What do roots do? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) making your own cards (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) distance ÷ time
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) Formula for speed? (d) mice
  26. 26.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) distance ÷ time
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
  37. 37.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) mice (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit

Answer key

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

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