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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 854 · 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.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) modern (d) distance ÷ time
  4. 4.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) take in water
  5. 5.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) never testing yourself (d) only the easy cards
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) the same order always (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
  14. 14.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  17. 17.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) distance ÷ time (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you missed
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  27. 27.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) making your own cards (d) answer first, then flip
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
  32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  33. 33.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it is faster (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) What do roots do? (c) mice (d) distance ÷ time
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) 56
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) more practice on misses (c) making your own cards (d) a question on the front
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) the same order always
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card

Answer key

  1. a poor flashcard habit
  2. a poor flashcard habit
  3. Plural of “mouse”?
  4. take in water
  5. one fact per card
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. the front
  9. only the easy cards
  10. shuffling the deck
  11. a good flashcard habit
  12. a good flashcard habit
  13. making your own cards
  14. one fact or idea
  15. Opposite of “ancient”?
  16. a poor flashcard habit
  17. True
  18. Capital of Kerala?
  19. the back
  20. the cards you missed
  21. a poor flashcard habit
  22. a poor flashcard habit
  23. see it again sooner
  24. the back
  25. False
  26. the front
  27. False
  28. True
  29. you think as you write
  30. never testing yourself
  31. a whole page per card
  32. the back
  33. False
  34. it is active recall
  35. What do roots do?
  36. a good flashcard habit
  37. 7 × 8 = ?
  38. a whole page per card
  39. one fact per card
  40. reading both sides

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