Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 705 · 40 questions

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.

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

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