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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 587 · 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 poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) modern (d) 56
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  4. 4.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) modern (d) take in water
  6. 6.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) a whole page per card
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) a whole page per card
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) shuffling the deck
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) only the easy cards (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  10. 10.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) hide it for a month (c) see it again sooner (d) throw it away
  11. 11.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) a question on the front
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) take in water
  15. 15.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
  16. 16.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  27. 27.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) mice
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) making your own cards
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) answer first, then flip

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 7 × 8 = ?
  3. the front
  4. so order gives no clue
  5. Capital of Kerala?
  6. shuffling the deck
  7. a whole page per card
  8. only the easy cards
  9. shuffling the deck
  10. see it again sooner
  11. False
  12. a question on the front
  13. the front
  14. What do roots do?
  15. it is active recall
  16. you think as you write
  17. a poor flashcard habit
  18. a good flashcard habit
  19. the back
  20. take in water
  21. a whole page per card
  22. a good flashcard habit
  23. the front
  24. the front
  25. False
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. False
  28. Opposite of “ancient”?
  29. flipping straight away
  30. the back
  31. a question on the front
  32. the back
  33. reading both sides
  34. one fact per card
  35. a good flashcard habit
  36. Thiruvananthapuram
  37. a good flashcard habit
  38. a poor flashcard habit
  39. answer first, then flip
  40. answer first, then flip

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