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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 649 · 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.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) distance ÷ time (d) 56
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  4. 4.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) one fact per card (d) only the easy cards
  5. 5.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  8. 8.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) mice (c) Formula for speed? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  10. 10.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  11. 11.🃏 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
  12. 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  16. 16.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) the same order always (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  18. 18.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
  19. 19.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) mice (c) distance ÷ time (d) take in water
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 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
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) only the easy cards (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  28. 28.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) to make it messy
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) a whole page per card
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) modern (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  33. 33.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) more practice on misses
  35. 35.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  37. 37.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  39. 39.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern

Answer key

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

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