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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 581 · 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? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  2. 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) distance ÷ time
  4. 4.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) making your own cards (d) answer first, then flip
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  9. 9.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  11. 11.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it saves cards (c) it is faster (d) it looks smart
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  15. 15.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  18. 18.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) What do roots do?
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Formula for speed? (c) mice (d) 56
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) reading both sides (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) What do roots do? (d) modern
  25. 25.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) a whole page per card
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) mice
  27. 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  29. 29.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) never testing yourself
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) modern (c) take in water (d) 56
  32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  33. 33.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) so order gives no clue (c) to lose some (d) to finish faster
  34. 34.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) What do roots do? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always
  39. 39.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit

Answer key

  1. the front
  2. the back
  3. distance ÷ time
  4. the cards you missed
  5. only the easy cards
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. reading both sides
  8. the front
  9. False
  10. reading both sides
  11. False
  12. True
  13. it is active recall
  14. the front
  15. one fact or idea
  16. a good flashcard habit
  17. the front
  18. True
  19. mice
  20. Formula for speed?
  21. the back
  22. a question on the front
  23. more practice on misses
  24. What do roots do?
  25. a question on the front
  26. Capital of Kerala?
  27. making your own cards
  28. a good flashcard habit
  29. answer first, then flip
  30. a whole page per card
  31. Opposite of “ancient”?
  32. more practice on misses
  33. so order gives no clue
  34. False
  35. you think as you write
  36. Thiruvananthapuram
  37. the front
  38. shuffling the deck
  39. False
  40. a poor flashcard habit

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