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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 50 · 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) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  2. 2.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the newest only
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) never use it again (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
  7. 7.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  9. 9.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) mice (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
  13. 13.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading both sides (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) shuffling the deck
  16. 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) never testing yourself
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) modern
  21. 21.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  22. 22.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it is active recall (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  24. 24.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) they are cheaper (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 56
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) What do roots do? (c) take in water (d) 56
  31. 31.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) What do roots do?
  36. 36.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
  39. 39.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
  40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back

Answer key

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

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