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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 880 · 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) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
  2. 2.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  4. 4.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) mice
  6. 6.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the cards you know (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
  7. 7.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
  9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  10. 10.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  11. 11.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) see it again sooner (d) throw it away
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
  16. 16.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  17. 17.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) modern (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) 56
  24. 24.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it is active recall (c) it saves cards (d) it looks smart
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) modern (c) take in water (d) Formula for speed?
  28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  30. 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  31. 31.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
  35. 35.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) more practice on misses
  39. 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
  40. 40.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit

Answer key

  1. you think as you write
  2. the front
  3. the front
  4. making your own cards
  5. mice
  6. the cards you missed
  7. True
  8. so order gives no clue
  9. a poor flashcard habit
  10. a poor flashcard habit
  11. True
  12. see it again sooner
  13. making your own cards
  14. the front
  15. the back
  16. one fact or idea
  17. False
  18. a poor flashcard habit
  19. the same order always
  20. reading both sides
  21. one fact per card
  22. flipping straight away
  23. Capital of Kerala?
  24. only the easy cards
  25. the back
  26. it is active recall
  27. Formula for speed?
  28. a good flashcard habit
  29. a poor flashcard habit
  30. a question on the front
  31. True
  32. False
  33. a good flashcard habit
  34. a whole page per card
  35. True
  36. the back
  37. a good flashcard habit
  38. more practice on misses
  39. Thiruvananthapuram
  40. a poor flashcard habit

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