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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 632 · 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  2. 2.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  4. 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  6. 6.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  8. 8.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) What do roots do? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  10. 10.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it looks smart (c) it is active recall (d) it saves cards
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  15. 15.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) the same order always (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Formula for speed?
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) distance ÷ time (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  20. 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) shuffling the deck (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
  28. 28.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) never use it again (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
  29. 29.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) the same order always (d) only the easy cards
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Formula for speed? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) a question on the front
  34. 34.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) only the easy cards (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
  36. 36.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) What do roots do? (c) distance ÷ time (d) take in water
  38. 38.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?

Answer key

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

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