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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 605 · 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.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  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) a whole page per card (c) the same order always (d) more practice on misses
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  6. 6.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  7. 7.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  11. 11.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) take in water (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
  13. 13.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Formula for speed? (c) modern (d) 56
  15. 15.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) more practice on misses (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
  20. 20.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  21. 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) only the easy cards (d) a question on the front
  24. 24.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) mice
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Formula for speed? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) What do roots do? (c) mice (d) distance ÷ time
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  38. 38.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit

Answer key

  1. so order gives no clue
  2. a poor flashcard habit
  3. more practice on misses
  4. a poor flashcard habit
  5. the front
  6. Capital of Kerala?
  7. True
  8. False
  9. flipping straight away
  10. answer first, then flip
  11. the cards you missed
  12. 7 × 8 = ?
  13. you think as you write
  14. Formula for speed?
  15. it is active recall
  16. a good flashcard habit
  17. False
  18. True
  19. only the easy cards
  20. see it again sooner
  21. one fact per card
  22. a poor flashcard habit
  23. only the easy cards
  24. False
  25. the back
  26. the front
  27. making your own cards
  28. a poor flashcard habit
  29. mice
  30. Thiruvananthapuram
  31. a good flashcard habit
  32. shuffling the deck
  33. the front
  34. What do roots do?
  35. never testing yourself
  36. never testing yourself
  37. a question on the front
  38. one fact or idea
  39. the back
  40. a poor flashcard habit

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