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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 450 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) a question on the front (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
  5. 5.🃏 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
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  7. 7.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  10. 10.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) to lose some
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) one fact or idea (c) a full page (d) ten facts
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  14. 14.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) distance ÷ time (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) modern (c) take in water (d) 56
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) reading both sides
  27. 27.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  30. 30.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) distance ÷ time (d) Formula for speed?
  33. 33.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  35. 35.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) What do roots do? (d) Formula for speed?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip

Answer key

  1. a question on the front
  2. a question on the front
  3. mice
  4. never testing yourself
  5. it is active recall
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. True
  8. a poor flashcard habit
  9. a poor flashcard habit
  10. so order gives no clue
  11. a good flashcard habit
  12. one fact or idea
  13. the front
  14. False
  15. you think as you write
  16. Opposite of “ancient”?
  17. the back
  18. Capital of Kerala?
  19. reading both sides
  20. the back
  21. the front
  22. the back
  23. one fact per card
  24. the front
  25. modern
  26. reading both sides
  27. False
  28. False
  29. never testing yourself
  30. False
  31. a whole page per card
  32. Formula for speed?
  33. the cards you missed
  34. answer first, then flip
  35. False
  36. True
  37. 56
  38. shuffling the deck
  39. the back
  40. only the easy cards

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