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Study Skills Worksheet: Flashcards

Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 990 · 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.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  4. 4.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) mice (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) 56
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  6. 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) only the easy cards (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
  7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  9. 9.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it saves cards (b) it is active recall (c) it looks smart (d) it is faster
  10. 10.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) the same order always
  11. 11.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) never testing yourself (d) answer first, then flip
  15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  16. 16.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
  17. 17.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) distance ÷ time (c) modern (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  19. 19.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  22. 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) the same order always (c) more practice on misses (d) never testing yourself
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
  25. 25.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  27. 27.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) take in water (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
  28. 28.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
  29. 29.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  30. 30.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) one fact or idea (c) a full page (d) ten facts
  31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) reading both sides (c) making your own cards (d) one fact per card
  33. 33.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) answer first, then flip (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
  37. 37.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) a whole page per card
  40. 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) answer first, then flip

Answer key

  1. see it again sooner
  2. a good flashcard habit
  3. 56
  4. Opposite of “ancient”?
  5. the back
  6. only the easy cards
  7. a good flashcard habit
  8. the front
  9. it is active recall
  10. making your own cards
  11. False
  12. so order gives no clue
  13. a poor flashcard habit
  14. answer first, then flip
  15. the front
  16. the cards you missed
  17. 7 × 8 = ?
  18. a good flashcard habit
  19. True
  20. reading both sides
  21. a poor flashcard habit
  22. more practice on misses
  23. flipping straight away
  24. the front
  25. False
  26. a poor flashcard habit
  27. take in water
  28. you think as you write
  29. a poor flashcard habit
  30. one fact or idea
  31. a good flashcard habit
  32. reading both sides
  33. False
  34. a good flashcard habit
  35. making your own cards
  36. never testing yourself
  37. True
  38. False
  39. a whole page per card
  40. a whole page per card

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