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.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 10, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) copying the summary (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) writing it from memory
- 3.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a clear desk? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 4.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 5.True or false: “notifications off” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “phone in another room” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) phone face-up nearby (b) books within reach (c) on the bed (d) a noisy hallway
- 9.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone face-up nearby (b) phone in your hand (c) phone on loud (d) phone out of sight
- 10.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to lose some (d) to make it messy
- 11.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) only fraction sums (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 13.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
- 15.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) fades very quickly (b) is the best way (c) lasts for years (d) never fails
- 16.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 18.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) familiar is not known (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) it uses a pen
- 19.True or false: “all area sums together” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) last-minute marathons (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) old topics each week (d) short repeat sessions
- 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or testing yourself? (a) reading it again (b) testing yourself
- 22.True or false: “no break for 3 hours” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 24.📅 You learn a topic on day 13. 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?
- 25.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) area
- 26.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: starting without a plan? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 27.True or false: “all in one night” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 29.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one topic all evening (c) switching topic each sum (d) only fraction sums
- 30.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) six hours in one go (c) one long read-through (d) short repeat sessions
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV in view (b) a clear desk (c) a noisy hallway (d) phone face-up nearby
- 32.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it skips topics (c) it needs no thinking (d) it is shorter
- 33.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering with book shut (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
- 34.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 22, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 35.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) phone face-up nearby (b) a clear desk (c) TV in view (d) on the bed
- 36.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 8, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 37.🍅 You want 100 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) tiny cramped writing (c) no headings at all (d) clear headings
- 39.📅 You learn a new topic on day 8 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
Answer key
- 20
- copying the summary
- a good study spot
- 75
- True
- True
- True
- books within reach
- phone out of sight
- so order gives no clue
- a good notes habit
- old and new topics mixed
- a good notes habit
- testing yourself
- fades very quickly
- False
- Cornell notes
- familiar is not known
- False
- last-minute marathons
- testing yourself
- False
- 100
- 20
- percentage
- breaks your focus
- False
- the front
- switching topic each sum
- short repeat sessions
- a clear desk
- you practise choosing
- copying the summary
- 26
- a clear desk
- 12
- 4
- clear headings
- 15
- listening to a recap
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