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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 674 · 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) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) What do roots do? (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  3. 3.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  7. 7.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
  11. 11.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  13. 13.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) the same order always (d) shuffling the deck
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🃏 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
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  21. 21.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) the same order always (d) shuffling the deck
  22. 22.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
  25. 25.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) never testing yourself (c) a question on the front (d) reading both sides
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) What do roots do?
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  36. 36.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) a whole chapter (c) ten facts (d) one fact or idea
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) modern (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  39. 39.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) the same order always (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses

Answer key

  1. only the easy cards
  2. take in water
  3. see it again sooner
  4. a good flashcard habit
  5. a poor flashcard habit
  6. the back
  7. 56
  8. a good flashcard habit
  9. a good flashcard habit
  10. Capital of Kerala?
  11. False
  12. a poor flashcard habit
  13. you think as you write
  14. the back
  15. a poor flashcard habit
  16. shuffling the deck
  17. shuffling the deck
  18. True
  19. it is active recall
  20. the front
  21. the same order always
  22. the cards you missed
  23. the front
  24. flipping straight away
  25. False
  26. the front
  27. the back
  28. one fact per card
  29. a question on the front
  30. reading both sides
  31. never testing yourself
  32. a poor flashcard habit
  33. never testing yourself
  34. mice
  35. distance ÷ time
  36. one fact or idea
  37. the front
  38. modern
  39. making your own cards
  40. flipping straight away

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