Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 536 · 40 questions

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.

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

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