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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 490 · 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 good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  3. 3.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is faster (c) it is active recall (d) it saves cards
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  6. 6.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) a whole chapter (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
  7. 7.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Capital of Kerala?
  8. 8.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  11. 11.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  13. 13.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) take in water (c) mice (d) 56
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  24. 24.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) only the easy cards
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) answer first, then flip
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Formula for speed? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  27. 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
  28. 28.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the newest only (d) the cards you missed
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) never testing yourself
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) never testing yourself
  36. 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they look nicer
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) more practice on misses (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) the same order always
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit

Answer key

  1. shuffling the deck
  2. a good flashcard habit
  3. it is active recall
  4. a poor flashcard habit
  5. reading both sides
  6. one fact or idea
  7. distance ÷ time
  8. False
  9. a question on the front
  10. the back
  11. False
  12. flipping straight away
  13. see it again sooner
  14. the front
  15. the same order always
  16. a poor flashcard habit
  17. False
  18. so order gives no clue
  19. the back
  20. False
  21. a good flashcard habit
  22. 7 × 8 = ?
  23. the back
  24. answer first, then flip
  25. flipping straight away
  26. Thiruvananthapuram
  27. one fact per card
  28. the cards you missed
  29. making your own cards
  30. a good flashcard habit
  31. False
  32. a good flashcard habit
  33. one fact per card
  34. the front
  35. never testing yourself
  36. you think as you write
  37. the front
  38. more practice on misses
  39. the same order always
  40. a good flashcard habit

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