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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 86 · 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? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) flipping straight away (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) making your own cards (d) a whole page per card
  8. 8.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) answer first, then flip
  9. 9.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) a whole chapter
  11. 11.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) see it again sooner (c) throw it away (d) never use it again
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  15. 15.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) take in water (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  18. 18.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) you think as you write (c) they look nicer (d) they are cheaper
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  21. 21.True or false: “making your own cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
  24. 24.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
  25. 25.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) modern (d) Formula for speed?
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) What do roots do? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  28. 28.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it is faster
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) shuffling the deck (c) a question on the front (d) more practice on misses
  32. 32.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) flipping straight away (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) mice (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) What do roots do?
  35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  36. 36.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
  37. 37.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) distance ÷ time

Answer key

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

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