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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 860 · 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) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
  3. 3.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  5. 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  6. 6.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it saves cards
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 56 (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) mice
  10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  11. 11.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
  13. 13.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  14. 14.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) What do roots do?
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) mice (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  19. 19.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) only the easy cards
  21. 21.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) never use it again (d) see it again sooner
  22. 22.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) 56 (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  24. 24.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) flipping straight away
  26. 26.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  29. 29.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  31. 31.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) What do roots do? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  34. 34.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) take in water (c) modern (d) distance ÷ time
  35. 35.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) you think as you write
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) the same order always (c) only the easy cards (d) never testing yourself
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  40. 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away

Answer key

  1. a whole page per card
  2. more practice on misses
  3. so order gives no clue
  4. a good flashcard habit
  5. a good flashcard habit
  6. True
  7. it is active recall
  8. the front
  9. Capital of Kerala?
  10. the front
  11. making your own cards
  12. reading both sides
  13. the front
  14. True
  15. modern
  16. mice
  17. a good flashcard habit
  18. a poor flashcard habit
  19. True
  20. only the easy cards
  21. see it again sooner
  22. 56
  23. never testing yourself
  24. False
  25. shuffling the deck
  26. True
  27. answer first, then flip
  28. a poor flashcard habit
  29. False
  30. a poor flashcard habit
  31. False
  32. Thiruvananthapuram
  33. a good flashcard habit
  34. Opposite of “ancient”?
  35. False
  36. you think as you write
  37. a good flashcard habit
  38. one fact per card
  39. a poor flashcard habit
  40. shuffling the deck

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