Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 920 · 40 questions

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.

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

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