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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 910 · 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? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) the same order always (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
  5. 5.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  7. 7.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) distance ÷ time
  8. 8.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the prettiest ones (b) the newest only (c) the cards you know (d) the cards you missed
  9. 9.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
  10. 10.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) ten facts (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Formula for speed?
  13. 13.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) so order gives no clue (c) to lose some (d) to finish faster
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  16. 16.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) reading both sides
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Formula for speed?
  21. 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 56 (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) distance ÷ time
  24. 24.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the back (b) the front
  28. 28.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
  29. 29.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) making your own cards (d) shuffling the deck
  32. 32.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it looks smart (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
  33. 33.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  37. 37.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) modern (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) mice
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck

Answer key

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

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