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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 472 · 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.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time
  6. 6.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card
  8. 8.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
  9. 9.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  14. 14.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) the same order always
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) What do roots do? (c) 56 (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) take in water (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) modern
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) distance ÷ time (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) distance ÷ time
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  24. 24.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 56
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  28. 28.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) reading both sides (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  31. 31.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  32. 32.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) more practice on misses (c) making your own cards (d) one fact per card
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) never testing yourself
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  36. 36.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  38. 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck

Answer key

  1. it is active recall
  2. True
  3. a poor flashcard habit
  4. the back
  5. distance ÷ time
  6. False
  7. a whole page per card
  8. you think as you write
  9. False
  10. making your own cards
  11. making your own cards
  12. the same order always
  13. a question on the front
  14. True
  15. the same order always
  16. a good flashcard habit
  17. True
  18. 56
  19. a good flashcard habit
  20. Opposite of “ancient”?
  21. Capital of Kerala?
  22. 7 × 8 = ?
  23. take in water
  24. one fact or idea
  25. Plural of “mouse”?
  26. never testing yourself
  27. a good flashcard habit
  28. True
  29. flipping straight away
  30. reading both sides
  31. see it again sooner
  32. so order gives no clue
  33. flipping straight away
  34. shuffling the deck
  35. the front
  36. True
  37. a good flashcard habit
  38. a question on the front
  39. the front
  40. shuffling the deck

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