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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 400 · 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) take in water (d) distance ÷ time
  3. 3.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) ten facts
  4. 4.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  7. 7.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) the same order always (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  9. 9.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the newest only
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) flipping straight away (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  14. 14.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
  15. 15.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) hide it for a month
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  20. 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) What do roots do? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) reading both sides
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it is faster
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) making your own cards
  30. 30.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) mice (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  33. 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) a question on the front
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) modern
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit

Answer key

  1. the front
  2. Plural of “mouse”?
  3. one fact or idea
  4. False
  5. only the easy cards
  6. the front
  7. True
  8. the same order always
  9. the cards you missed
  10. a whole page per card
  11. the back
  12. a good flashcard habit
  13. flipping straight away
  14. only the easy cards
  15. False
  16. False
  17. see it again sooner
  18. a poor flashcard habit
  19. more practice on misses
  20. a poor flashcard habit
  21. Thiruvananthapuram
  22. a good flashcard habit
  23. True
  24. you think as you write
  25. reading both sides
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. it is active recall
  28. the front
  29. never testing yourself
  30. True
  31. mice
  32. the back
  33. answer first, then flip
  34. a question on the front
  35. 7 × 8 = ?
  36. flipping straight away
  37. the front
  38. a good flashcard habit
  39. one fact per card
  40. a poor flashcard habit

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