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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 601 · 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) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) flipping straight away
  2. 2.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
  3. 3.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) the same order always
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) the same order always (d) making your own cards
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  9. 9.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) reading both sides
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  11. 11.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) only the easy cards (d) shuffling the deck
  13. 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  14. 14.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  18. 18.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) modern (d) 56
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
  22. 22.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it saves cards (c) it looks smart (d) it is active recall
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
  30. 30.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
  32. 32.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a full page (c) a whole chapter (d) ten facts
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) What do roots do? (d) mice
  34. 34.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) answer first, then flip
  35. 35.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  37. 37.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  39. 39.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) making your own cards (d) one fact per card
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) reading both sides (c) never testing yourself (d) the same order always

Answer key

  1. flipping straight away
  2. see it again sooner
  3. you think as you write
  4. never testing yourself
  5. a good flashcard habit
  6. one fact per card
  7. making your own cards
  8. the back
  9. a question on the front
  10. the front
  11. False
  12. only the easy cards
  13. shuffling the deck
  14. True
  15. False
  16. the front
  17. a good flashcard habit
  18. True
  19. take in water
  20. Opposite of “ancient”?
  21. Plural of “mouse”?
  22. it is active recall
  23. a poor flashcard habit
  24. flipping straight away
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. True
  27. a poor flashcard habit
  28. a good flashcard habit
  29. more practice on misses
  30. False
  31. reading both sides
  32. one fact or idea
  33. mice
  34. a whole page per card
  35. True
  36. the back
  37. the cards you missed
  38. the front
  39. the same order always
  40. one fact per card

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