← Flashcards that work lesson New set →

Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 746 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

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

Free exam preparation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/exam-preparation-tips