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: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 3.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
- 4.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) no break for hours (c) a short walk outdoors (d) a TV on while studying
- 5.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a drawing (b) nothing (c) a short summary (d) the date only
- 6.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 7.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
- 9.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) you practise choosing (c) it is shorter (d) it skips topics
- 10.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
- 11.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 13.🔁 Why study in the same spot each day? (a) it saves electricity (b) it is a rule (c) it cues you to focus (d) to hide from family
- 14.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) your own words (c) never looking again (d) leaving some space
- 15.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) books within reach (b) on the bed (c) a firm chair (d) a quiet corner
- 17.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 18.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) in another room (b) on the book (c) in your hand (d) under the pillow
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) old topics each week (c) short repeat sessions (d) last-minute marathons
- 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) algebra and area mixed (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 22.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) the same order always (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
- 23.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 24.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) start a new topic (b) skip it for good (c) feel bad and stop (d) review it sooner
- 25.📅 You learn a new topic on day 14 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
- 27.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 28.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 29.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) ten colours a page (c) copying word for word (d) leaving some space
- 30.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) short keywords (c) never looking again (d) writing every line
- 31.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) numbered points in order (c) one keyword per branch (d) a cue column on the left
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) numbered points in order (c) notes in the big column (d) a summary at the bottom
- 33.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
- 35.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 3 hours (b) 25 minutes (c) 5 minutes (d) all day
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) a messy desk (c) checking messages (d) no break for 3 hours
- 37.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 40.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
Answer key
- helps you focus
- spaced practice
- familiar is not known
- a short walk outdoors
- a short summary
- distance ÷ time
- True
- recalling from memory
- you practise choosing
- fractions
- False
- Thiruvananthapuram
- it cues you to focus
- never looking again
- percentage
- on the bed
- False
- in another room
- last-minute marathons
- a good flashcard habit
- one formula, 20 times
- shuffling the deck
- False
- review it sooner
- 28
- answering with book shut
- helps you focus
- a poor study spot
- leaving some space
- short keywords
- numbered points in order
- numbered points in order
- interleaving
- recalling from memory
- 25 minutes
- a goal for the session
- False
- False
- a poor notes habit
- a good study spot
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