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