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: no break for 3 hours? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) answer first, then flip
- 3.Which of these helps learning? (a) scrolling in bed (b) a regular bedtime (c) a TV on while studying (d) studying all night
- 4.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📅 You learn a new topic on day 12 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 6.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same spot daily (b) a cluttered table (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a noisy hallway
- 8.📅 You learn a topic on day 7. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) a summary at the bottom (c) branches for subtopics (d) main topic in the centre
- 10.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 110 minutes?
- 11.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: three tasks at once? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 13.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) short keywords (c) adding small diagrams (d) a look within a day
- 15.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) water bottle ready (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for the session
- 16.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one night (b) last-minute marathons (c) never reviewing again (d) short repeat sessions
- 18.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) a new bedtime every day (c) a short walk outdoors (d) a regular bedtime
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a noisy hallway (b) on the bed (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a clear desk
- 20.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 22.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) six hours in one go (b) a review calendar (c) starting the day before (d) all in one night
- 23.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 24.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
- 25.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
- 26.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) a look within a day (c) clear headings (d) copying word for word
- 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering a quiz
- 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 30.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one topic all evening (c) all area sums together (d) a mixed revision quiz
- 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
- 32.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 33.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) one keyword per branch (c) branches for subtopics (d) cue questions in margin
- 34.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “phone in another room” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 37.🧠 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
- 38.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) make you forget (b) help you refocus (c) are not allowed (d) waste all your time
- 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 40.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) no break (b) a 2-hour nap (c) a 5-minute break (d) a 1-minute snack
Answer key
- breaks your focus
- flipping straight away
- a regular bedtime
- True
- 15
- a good notes habit
- the same spot daily
- 14
- a summary at the bottom
- 3
- breaks your focus
- a poor flashcard habit
- ratio
- tiny cramped writing
- no break for 3 hours
- True
- short repeat sessions
- a new bedtime every day
- a clear desk
- 150
- passive review
- a review calendar
- True
- Cornell notes
- highlighting in yellow
- copying word for word
- answering a quiz
- interleaving
- blocked practice
- a mixed revision quiz
- reading both sides
- hurts learning
- headings and bullets
- True
- True
- the back
- close it and recall it
- help you refocus
- a good flashcard habit
- a 5-minute break
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