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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 60 · 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 of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  3. 3.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) a whole page per card
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  6. 6.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) the same order always
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) the same order always (d) more practice on misses
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
  11. 11.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they are cheaper (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) shuffling the deck
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) the same order always (c) more practice on misses (d) never testing yourself
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  17. 17.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 56 (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is faster (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
  23. 23.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) see it again sooner
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
  25. 25.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  27. 27.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
  29. 29.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
  32. 32.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) mice (d) Capital of Kerala?
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  36. 36.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  40. 40.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Capital of Kerala?
  2. a poor flashcard habit
  3. answer first, then flip
  4. reading both sides
  5. a poor flashcard habit
  6. True
  7. the back
  8. the same order always
  9. the same order always
  10. flipping straight away
  11. you think as you write
  12. reading both sides
  13. a good flashcard habit
  14. more practice on misses
  15. a poor flashcard habit
  16. the front
  17. the cards you missed
  18. 56
  19. the back
  20. True
  21. True
  22. it is active recall
  23. see it again sooner
  24. flipping straight away
  25. so order gives no clue
  26. the front
  27. False
  28. a whole page per card
  29. one fact or idea
  30. the front
  31. more practice on misses
  32. False
  33. mice
  34. a good flashcard habit
  35. the front
  36. False
  37. the back
  38. one fact per card
  39. making your own cards
  40. True

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