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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 598 · 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: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) mice (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  4. 4.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) modern (d) take in water
  7. 7.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
  8. 8.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) mice (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  16. 16.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
  17. 17.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  19. 19.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  20. 20.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they look nicer (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Capital of Kerala?
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  24. 24.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is faster (c) it is active recall (d) it looks smart
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  27. 27.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  29. 29.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
  32. 32.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) What do roots do? (c) distance ÷ time (d) 56
  34. 34.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the newest only (d) the cards you missed
  35. 35.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) the same order always (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  40. 40.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) to finish faster

Answer key

  1. True
  2. only the easy cards
  3. mice
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Opposite of “ancient”?
  7. never testing yourself
  8. False
  9. False
  10. the front
  11. one fact per card
  12. Plural of “mouse”?
  13. a good flashcard habit
  14. a good flashcard habit
  15. the front
  16. see it again sooner
  17. False
  18. take in water
  19. shuffling the deck
  20. you think as you write
  21. distance ÷ time
  22. the back
  23. a good flashcard habit
  24. it is active recall
  25. the back
  26. a poor flashcard habit
  27. a whole page per card
  28. 7 × 8 = ?
  29. False
  30. a good flashcard habit
  31. the same order always
  32. False
  33. What do roots do?
  34. the cards you missed
  35. False
  36. True
  37. one fact per card
  38. more practice on misses
  39. the back
  40. so order gives no clue

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