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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 840 · 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.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they are cheaper (c) nobody checks them (d) they look nicer
  2. 2.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
  4. 4.🃏 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
  5. 5.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
  7. 7.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) modern (c) 56 (d) take in water
  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 back of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Formula for speed?
  11. 11.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) ten facts
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  13. 13.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  16. 16.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  17. 17.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) distance ÷ time (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) more practice on misses (d) making your own cards
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) a question on the front (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) What do roots do? (c) mice (d) Capital of Kerala?
  31. 31.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) only the easy cards (d) shuffling the deck
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  36. 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
  38. 38.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) more practice on misses (d) the same order always
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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