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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 505 · 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) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
  2. 2.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  3. 3.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  8. 8.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Formula for speed? (c) take in water (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  9. 9.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) the same order always
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  16. 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  19. 19.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  21. 21.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
  26. 26.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) mice (d) modern
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  31. 31.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  32. 32.🃏 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
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) the same order always (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) What do roots do?
  35. 35.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) answer first, then flip (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
  38. 38.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) hide it for a month (d) throw it away
  39. 39.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to lose some (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back

Answer key

  1. making your own cards
  2. you think as you write
  3. one fact or idea
  4. never testing yourself
  5. flipping straight away
  6. the back
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. Formula for speed?
  9. True
  10. the back
  11. a poor flashcard habit
  12. more practice on misses
  13. the front
  14. a question on the front
  15. distance ÷ time
  16. answer first, then flip
  17. a poor flashcard habit
  18. a good flashcard habit
  19. False
  20. a whole page per card
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. the same order always
  25. a question on the front
  26. True
  27. never testing yourself
  28. Opposite of “ancient”?
  29. a good flashcard habit
  30. the front
  31. the front
  32. it is active recall
  33. making your own cards
  34. 56
  35. False
  36. a good flashcard habit
  37. flipping straight away
  38. see it again sooner
  39. so order gives no clue
  40. the back

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