Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards
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.🃏 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.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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
- 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 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.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.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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 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.🔍 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.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 17.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 56 (c) mice (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 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.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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 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.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.🔍 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.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.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.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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Formula for speed? (c) 56 (d) mice
- 35.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔍 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.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 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
- it is active recall
- one fact per card
- more practice on misses
- the back
- a poor flashcard habit
- a good flashcard habit
- 56
- the back
- so order gives no clue
- reading both sides
- modern
- the front
- see it again sooner
- a whole page per card
- Plural of “mouse”?
- a poor flashcard habit
- False
- True
- flipping straight away
- a question on the front
- a good flashcard habit
- a poor flashcard habit
- Opposite of “ancient”?
- Thiruvananthapuram
- the same order always
- the front
- you think as you write
- making your own cards
- shuffling the deck
- only the easy cards
- a whole page per card
- distance ÷ time
- a good flashcard habit
- Formula for speed?
- True
- False
- the cards you missed
- making your own cards
- True
- flipping straight away
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