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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 609 · 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 is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  2. 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  4. 4.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) see it again sooner (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  5. 5.🃏 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
  6. 6.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  7. 7.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) 56
  8. 8.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) a whole chapter (c) ten facts (d) one fact or idea
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) never testing yourself
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) reading both sides (d) the same order always
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  17. 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) distance ÷ time (d) Capital of Kerala?
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  20. 20.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  23. 23.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the newest only
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
  25. 25.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  30. 30.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) distance ÷ time (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Formula for speed?
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 56 (d) modern
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) only the easy cards
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  36. 36.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  39. 39.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card

Answer key

  1. flipping straight away
  2. the back
  3. a poor flashcard habit
  4. see it again sooner
  5. it is active recall
  6. you think as you write
  7. 56
  8. True
  9. the front
  10. True
  11. one fact or idea
  12. a whole page per card
  13. never testing yourself
  14. shuffling the deck
  15. a poor flashcard habit
  16. so order gives no clue
  17. Thiruvananthapuram
  18. Capital of Kerala?
  19. the front
  20. False
  21. a good flashcard habit
  22. one fact per card
  23. the cards you missed
  24. only the easy cards
  25. False
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. a good flashcard habit
  28. shuffling the deck
  29. a whole page per card
  30. True
  31. distance ÷ time
  32. Plural of “mouse”?
  33. answer first, then flip
  34. the front
  35. the front
  36. more practice on misses
  37. the same order always
  38. a poor flashcard habit
  39. True
  40. only the easy cards

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