Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 487 · 40 questions

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.

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

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