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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 891 · 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.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) modern (c) 56 (d) distance ÷ time
  3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  8. 8.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front
  10. 10.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) nobody checks them (c) they are cheaper (d) they look nicer
  12. 12.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is faster (b) it looks smart (c) it saves cards (d) it is active recall
  13. 13.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) What do roots do? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Formula for speed? (d) mice
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) reading both sides
  17. 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) modern (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) What do roots do?
  18. 18.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) ten facts
  19. 19.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) modern (d) Formula for speed?
  20. 20.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) answer first, then flip
  21. 21.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) so order gives no clue (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) to finish faster
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  23. 23.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
  26. 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Capital of Kerala?
  30. 30.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) take in water (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) What do roots do?
  31. 31.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Formula for speed?
  32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) the same order always
  33. 33.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
  34. 34.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) see it again sooner (d) never use it again
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
  36. 36.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) a question on the front

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Opposite of “ancient”?
  3. a good flashcard habit
  4. a poor flashcard habit
  5. False
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. a whole page per card
  8. reading both sides
  9. a question on the front
  10. False
  11. you think as you write
  12. it is active recall
  13. What do roots do?
  14. mice
  15. the front
  16. one fact per card
  17. modern
  18. one fact or idea
  19. Formula for speed?
  20. the same order always
  21. so order gives no clue
  22. the back
  23. a good flashcard habit
  24. the back
  25. reading both sides
  26. a whole page per card
  27. a poor flashcard habit
  28. only the easy cards
  29. Capital of Kerala?
  30. take in water
  31. distance ÷ time
  32. more practice on misses
  33. the cards you missed
  34. see it again sooner
  35. never testing yourself
  36. True
  37. a good flashcard habit
  38. the front
  39. the back
  40. never testing yourself

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