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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 888 · 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.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) the same order always (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  3. 3.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you know (c) the cards you missed (d) the prettiest ones
  4. 4.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) one fact or idea (c) a whole chapter (d) ten facts
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) flipping straight away (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  10. 10.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
  13. 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) modern (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
  18. 18.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
  19. 19.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  20. 20.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) shuffling the deck (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) answer first, then flip
  24. 24.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 56 (d) What do roots do?
  25. 25.🃏 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
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) answer first, then flip (d) the same order always
  27. 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) a whole page per card (c) a question on the front (d) reading both sides
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) distance ÷ time (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  34. 34.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) What do roots do?
  37. 37.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) nobody checks them
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) reading both sides (c) more practice on misses (d) answer first, then flip
  39. 39.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) only the easy cards

Answer key

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

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