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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 736 · 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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) take in water (c) 56 (d) distance ÷ time
  3. 3.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
  6. 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  8. 8.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to finish faster (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  11. 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  13. 13.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) modern (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
  16. 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  18. 18.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they look nicer
  21. 21.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) only the easy cards (d) a question on the front
  25. 25.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
  26. 26.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  28. 28.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
  29. 29.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  34. 34.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) take in water (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
  38. 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards

Answer key

  1. the front
  2. Plural of “mouse”?
  3. False
  4. a good flashcard habit
  5. one fact per card
  6. the same order always
  7. the back
  8. so order gives no clue
  9. a good flashcard habit
  10. a poor flashcard habit
  11. the front
  12. never testing yourself
  13. 7 × 8 = ?
  14. the back
  15. more practice on misses
  16. the back
  17. a poor flashcard habit
  18. False
  19. True
  20. you think as you write
  21. it is active recall
  22. one fact per card
  23. a poor flashcard habit
  24. only the easy cards
  25. see it again sooner
  26. the cards you missed
  27. 56
  28. answer first, then flip
  29. False
  30. True
  31. reading both sides
  32. the front
  33. the front
  34. a whole page per card
  35. a good flashcard habit
  36. flipping straight away
  37. Capital of Kerala?
  38. a poor flashcard habit
  39. a whole page per card
  40. a question on the front

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