Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Study tip (Recall, space, mix): Find the topic: recall, spacing, mixing, notes, flashcards, focus or rest. Techniques that make you retrieve, space and mix usually beat re-reading, cramming and blocks. For sums: review day = day + gap; Pomodoro rounds = minutes ÷ 30; focus minutes = rounds × 25.
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- 1.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: three tasks at once? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: one long read-through? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 3.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 4.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) copying word for word (c) no headings at all (d) leaving some space
- 5.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) area (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) ratio
- 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) shuffling the deck
- 7.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) main topic in the centre (b) numbered points in order (c) colours and small icons (d) cue questions in margin
- 8.📵 Meera wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:45 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 6:45 PM (b) 7:45 PM (c) 9:45 PM (d) 8:45 PM
- 9.😴 Arjun goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 7:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 10.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) a question on the front (d) never testing yourself
- 13.True or false: “checking messages” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
- 15.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a drawing (b) a short summary (c) nothing (d) the date only
- 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) one formula, 20 times
- 17.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 20.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: a look within a day? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) a messy desk (d) a goal for the session
- 22.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) teachers say so (b) the memory lasts longer (c) it is a rule (d) to save paper
- 23.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
- 24.🍅 You want 200 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) no headings at all (c) tiny cramped writing (d) leaving some space
- 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
- 27.📅 You learn a new topic on day 17 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 28.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a clear desk? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 29.True or false: “a goal for the session” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “copying the summary” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) reading the notes again
- 33.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) no review at all (d) 4 hours in 1 night
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) the same spot daily (c) a dim room (d) a firm chair
- 35.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
- 39.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) sleep on time (b) watch a late film (c) game till late (d) study till 3 AM
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a messy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) phone in another room (d) TV on in the room
Answer key
- breaks your focus
- cramming
- 200
- leaving some space
- percentage
- the same order always
- cue questions in margin
- 7:45 PM
- 10
- cramming
- active recall
- a question on the front
- False
- self-made flashcards
- a short summary
- old and new topics mixed
- False
- False
- True
- a good notes habit
- a goal for the session
- the memory lasts longer
- recalling without notes
- 8
- leaving some space
- quizzing a friend
- 31
- a good study spot
- True
- True
- False
- covering the answers
- 1 hour on 4 days
- a dim room
- False
- False
- 100
- practice questions
- sleep on time
- phone in another room
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