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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 626 · 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 say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is faster
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
  3. 3.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  5. 5.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  8. 8.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) modern
  9. 9.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) the same order always (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) making your own cards
  13. 13.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the newest only
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Formula for speed?
  16. 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  20. 20.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) mice (c) take in water (d) 56
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
  26. 26.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  27. 27.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) never testing yourself
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  31. 31.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  32. 32.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) ten facts (d) a full page
  33. 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
  34. 34.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) modern (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) distance ÷ time (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) 56
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) modern
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) the same order always (d) one fact per card

Answer key

  1. it is active recall
  2. answer first, then flip
  3. False
  4. a poor flashcard habit
  5. False
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. the back
  8. Formula for speed?
  9. you think as you write
  10. a good flashcard habit
  11. the same order always
  12. flipping straight away
  13. the cards you missed
  14. the back
  15. mice
  16. the back
  17. flipping straight away
  18. never testing yourself
  19. 56
  20. False
  21. the front
  22. False
  23. so order gives no clue
  24. What do roots do?
  25. the same order always
  26. a question on the front
  27. True
  28. False
  29. one fact per card
  30. a poor flashcard habit
  31. the front
  32. one fact or idea
  33. shuffling the deck
  34. True
  35. Plural of “mouse”?
  36. 7 × 8 = ?
  37. the front
  38. modern
  39. a poor flashcard habit
  40. one fact per card

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