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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 806 · 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) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  2. 2.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) answer first, then flip (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  7. 7.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) ten facts (c) a whole chapter (d) one fact or idea
  8. 8.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to lose some (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Formula for speed? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the prettiest ones (c) the cards you know (d) the newest only
  13. 13.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) see it again sooner (d) never use it again
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) flipping straight away
  15. 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
  17. 17.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) mice (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
  18. 18.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) the same order always (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
  21. 21.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is faster (c) it is active recall (d) it looks smart
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
  24. 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) take in water (c) modern (d) mice
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) take in water (d) What do roots do?
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
  33. 33.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) mice
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 35.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  36. 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  37. 37.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) reading both sides
  40. 40.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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