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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 58 · 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) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  2. 2.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the cards you know (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
  3. 3.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they are cheaper (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  4. 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) mice (d) take in water
  5. 5.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) only the easy cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) shuffling the deck
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  8. 8.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) so order gives no clue (c) to finish faster (d) to lose some
  9. 9.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) flipping straight away (d) never testing yourself
  10. 10.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) ten facts (c) a whole chapter (d) a full page
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card
  13. 13.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  15. 15.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) reading both sides (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
  17. 17.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) more practice on misses (d) the same order always
  18. 18.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
  20. 20.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) never use it again (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  24. 24.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  29. 29.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it is active recall (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) shuffling the deck
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) distance ÷ time
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) take in water
  37. 37.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) modern (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) take in water
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) more practice on misses

Answer key

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

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