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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 531 · 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) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  2. 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  3. 3.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
  4. 4.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
  8. 8.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) one fact or idea (c) a full page (d) a whole chapter
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  10. 10.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
  13. 13.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) What do roots do?
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  15. 15.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  18. 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card
  19. 19.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the cards you missed (c) the newest only (d) the cards you know
  20. 20.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is faster (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) mice (d) modern
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 56
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  26. 26.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) to finish faster
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
  29. 29.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
  33. 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) mice (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) making your own cards
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) making your own cards (d) answer first, then flip
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) mice
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 56 (d) What do roots do?
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  40. 40.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. only the easy cards
  2. the front
  3. a whole page per card
  4. making your own cards
  5. never testing yourself
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. the same order always
  8. one fact or idea
  9. one fact per card
  10. True
  11. the back
  12. Formula for speed?
  13. take in water
  14. the front
  15. True
  16. True
  17. the back
  18. one fact per card
  19. the cards you missed
  20. True
  21. it is active recall
  22. Opposite of “ancient”?
  23. a good flashcard habit
  24. 7 × 8 = ?
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. so order gives no clue
  27. a poor flashcard habit
  28. you think as you write
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a poor flashcard habit
  32. Capital of Kerala?
  33. a question on the front
  34. Plural of “mouse”?
  35. a whole page per card
  36. flipping straight away
  37. mice
  38. 56
  39. the back
  40. False

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