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.📅 You learn a new topic on day 20 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 2.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a quiet corner? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 3.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
- 5.True or false: “a timer on the desk” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each week? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) ten colours a page (c) adding small diagrams (d) your own words
- 8.Which of these is cramming? (a) a review calendar (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) all in one night (d) a little every day
- 9.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 10.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 11.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 25 minutes (b) 3 hours (c) 5 minutes (d) all day
- 12.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) writing every line (c) tiny cramped writing (d) copying word for word
- 13.😴 Tara goes to bed at 11:30 PM and wakes up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 14.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) copy it neatly (b) close it and recall it (c) read it twice more (d) highlight all of it
- 15.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “Underline roots.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
- 16.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 1-minute snack (b) a 2-hour nap (c) a 5-minute break (d) no break
- 17.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) headings and bullets (c) a cue column on the left (d) cue questions in margin
- 19.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 20.📅 You learn a new topic on day 7 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 21.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 23.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) cue questions in margin (c) numbered points in order (d) top-to-bottom lists
- 25.📅 You learn a new topic on day 1 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 26.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a cluttered table? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 27.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 29.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 30.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 31.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 15, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 32.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
- 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 35.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying word for word (b) leaving some space (c) adding small diagrams (d) short keywords
- 37.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 39.🍅 You want 125 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 40.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
Answer key
- 23
- a good study spot
- False
- the back
- False
- spaced practice
- ten colours a page
- all in one night
- 2
- hurts learning
- 25 minutes
- your own words
- 8
- close it and recall it
- “What do roots do?”
- a 5-minute break
- answer first, then flip
- headings and bullets
- helps you focus
- 8
- False
- spaced practice
- a poor notes habit
- cue questions in margin
- 8
- a poor study spot
- False
- distance ÷ time
- a poor study spot
- True
- 21
- hurts learning
- covering the answers
- passive review
- the cards you missed
- copying word for word
- 90
- recalling from memory
- 5
- a question on the front
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