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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 489 · 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 of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) shuffling the deck
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) never testing yourself
  4. 4.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) nobody checks them
  7. 7.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) a whole page per card
  12. 12.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) a question on the front
  15. 15.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  18. 18.🃏 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
  19. 19.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  21. 21.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Formula for speed?
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) the same order always (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  30. 30.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) take in water
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) see it again sooner (d) throw it away
  34. 34.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  36. 36.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) modern (d) 56

Answer key

  1. never testing yourself
  2. flipping straight away
  3. never testing yourself
  4. the cards you missed
  5. a good flashcard habit
  6. you think as you write
  7. False
  8. a question on the front
  9. a poor flashcard habit
  10. a whole page per card
  11. more practice on misses
  12. True
  13. only the easy cards
  14. the same order always
  15. so order gives no clue
  16. reading both sides
  17. a poor flashcard habit
  18. it is active recall
  19. False
  20. the back
  21. True
  22. Thiruvananthapuram
  23. the back
  24. the front
  25. the front
  26. the front
  27. shuffling the deck
  28. a good flashcard habit
  29. a good flashcard habit
  30. True
  31. take in water
  32. the front
  33. see it again sooner
  34. False
  35. a good flashcard habit
  36. False
  37. False
  38. the back
  39. the front
  40. Formula for speed?

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