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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 440 · 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.🃏 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
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  7. 7.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  9. 9.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  11. 11.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) modern (c) Formula for speed? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  12. 12.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  13. 13.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) throw it away (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
  20. 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 56 (c) mice (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Formula for speed? (c) What do roots do? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  27. 27.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they look nicer
  28. 28.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) making your own cards (d) flipping straight away
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) distance ÷ time (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) What do roots do?
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Formula for speed? (c) 56 (d) mice
  35. 35.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  39. 39.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front

Answer key

  1. it is active recall
  2. one fact per card
  3. more practice on misses
  4. the back
  5. a poor flashcard habit
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. 56
  8. the back
  9. so order gives no clue
  10. reading both sides
  11. modern
  12. the front
  13. see it again sooner
  14. a whole page per card
  15. Plural of “mouse”?
  16. a poor flashcard habit
  17. False
  18. True
  19. flipping straight away
  20. a question on the front
  21. a good flashcard habit
  22. a poor flashcard habit
  23. Opposite of “ancient”?
  24. Thiruvananthapuram
  25. the same order always
  26. the front
  27. you think as you write
  28. making your own cards
  29. shuffling the deck
  30. only the easy cards
  31. a whole page per card
  32. distance ÷ time
  33. a good flashcard habit
  34. Formula for speed?
  35. True
  36. False
  37. the cards you missed
  38. making your own cards
  39. True
  40. flipping straight away

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