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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 55 · 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 goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  2. 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) take in water (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) reading both sides (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  5. 5.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  7. 7.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) take in water (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) never testing yourself
  13. 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
  14. 14.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  16. 16.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  19. 19.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) throw it away (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  20. 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  22. 22.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is faster (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  24. 24.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to finish faster
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) more practice on misses
  26. 26.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) modern (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  29. 29.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) flipping straight away
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  33. 33.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) one fact or idea (c) a whole chapter (d) ten facts
  34. 34.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) making your own cards

Answer key

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

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