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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 534 · 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) distance ÷ time (d) What do roots do?
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  5. 5.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  7. 7.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) never use it again (d) hide it for a month
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) mice
  13. 13.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  17. 17.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  21. 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  22. 22.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
  24. 24.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) never testing yourself (d) more practice on misses
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) mice (c) take in water (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  29. 29.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) never testing yourself (c) making your own cards (d) a whole page per card
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
  34. 34.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) distance ÷ time (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  38. 38.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card

Answer key

  1. the back
  2. a good flashcard habit
  3. distance ÷ time
  4. the back
  5. False
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. see it again sooner
  8. a poor flashcard habit
  9. False
  10. shuffling the deck
  11. a good flashcard habit
  12. mice
  13. True
  14. you think as you write
  15. the front
  16. take in water
  17. False
  18. making your own cards
  19. a good flashcard habit
  20. the front
  21. one fact per card
  22. False
  23. so order gives no clue
  24. the cards you missed
  25. modern
  26. flipping straight away
  27. more practice on misses
  28. Opposite of “ancient”?
  29. it is active recall
  30. a poor flashcard habit
  31. making your own cards
  32. the back
  33. a question on the front
  34. one fact or idea
  35. the front
  36. flipping straight away
  37. Plural of “mouse”?
  38. False
  39. a poor flashcard habit
  40. a whole page per card

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