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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 389 · 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.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  4. 4.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) only the easy cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) shuffling the deck (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
  13. 13.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the cards you know (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
  14. 14.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) What do roots do? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  19. 19.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
  22. 22.🃏 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) take in water (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  27. 27.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) modern (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  31. 31.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) the same order always
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) mice (c) 56 (d) take in water
  33. 33.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 35.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) mice (d) Formula for speed?
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  40. 40.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) a full page (d) one fact or idea

Answer key

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

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