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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 967 · 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) so order gives no clue (b) to lose some (c) to finish faster (d) to make it messy
  2. 2.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  4. 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) mice (c) take in water (d) 56
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) modern (c) 56 (d) Formula for speed?
  6. 6.🃏 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
  7. 7.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) mice (d) What do roots do?
  11. 11.🃏 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
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  13. 13.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) mice (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  15. 15.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
  16. 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  17. 17.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) What do roots do?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  20. 20.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) only the easy cards
  23. 23.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) a whole page per card
  25. 25.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
  29. 29.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  31. 31.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) they look nicer (d) nobody checks them
  32. 32.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) more practice on misses (c) flipping straight away (d) making your own cards
  36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  37. 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  38. 38.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  39. 39.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front

Answer key

  1. so order gives no clue
  2. Thiruvananthapuram
  3. a whole page per card
  4. Opposite of “ancient”?
  5. Formula for speed?
  6. it is active recall
  7. True
  8. True
  9. the back
  10. mice
  11. see it again sooner
  12. only the easy cards
  13. True
  14. 7 × 8 = ?
  15. answer first, then flip
  16. a poor flashcard habit
  17. take in water
  18. shuffling the deck
  19. a poor flashcard habit
  20. True
  21. False
  22. only the easy cards
  23. True
  24. a question on the front
  25. a good flashcard habit
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. making your own cards
  28. answer first, then flip
  29. False
  30. a whole page per card
  31. you think as you write
  32. False
  33. a poor flashcard habit
  34. shuffling the deck
  35. flipping straight away
  36. a good flashcard habit
  37. flipping straight away
  38. the front
  39. True
  40. the back

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