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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 551 · 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.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) a whole page per card
  5. 5.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  6. 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  14. 14.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
  15. 15.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  16. 16.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) 56
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
  23. 23.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
  25. 25.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  26. 26.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
  27. 27.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) answer first, then flip
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) flipping straight away (d) never testing yourself
  30. 30.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) one fact or idea
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Formula for speed? (c) 56 (d) modern
  35. 35.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) see it again sooner (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  38. 38.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 56 (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time

Answer key

  1. False
  2. more practice on misses
  3. the front
  4. a question on the front
  5. one fact per card
  6. never testing yourself
  7. the back
  8. the back
  9. a poor flashcard habit
  10. a question on the front
  11. the front
  12. only the easy cards
  13. a good flashcard habit
  14. it is active recall
  15. the cards you missed
  16. False
  17. one fact per card
  18. 56
  19. the back
  20. take in water
  21. only the easy cards
  22. reading both sides
  23. False
  24. distance ÷ time
  25. shuffling the deck
  26. you think as you write
  27. the same order always
  28. the back
  29. answer first, then flip
  30. one fact or idea
  31. a whole page per card
  32. a poor flashcard habit
  33. a good flashcard habit
  34. Formula for speed?
  35. True
  36. True
  37. see it again sooner
  38. False
  39. the front
  40. What do roots do?

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