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.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 195 minutes?
- 2.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) hide it for a month (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
- 3.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 4.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they look nicer (c) you think as you write (d) they are cheaper
- 5.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) the night before exams (c) for every revision (d) never at all
- 6.📵 Ananya wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:15 PM (b) 7:00 PM (c) 8:30 PM (d) 7:45 PM
- 7.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) checking messages (b) water bottle ready (c) a goal for the session (d) one task at a time
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) answer first, then flip
- 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 10.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) the whole chapter (b) cues and key questions (c) your doodles (d) the teacher’s name
- 11.🧠 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.”
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
- 13.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 14.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.😴 Meera goes to bed at 11:00 PM and wakes up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
- 17.Which of these helps you focus? (a) starting without a plan (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) notifications off
- 18.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 19.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) your own words (c) writing every line (d) never looking again
- 20.True or false: “one long read-through” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 22.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
- 24.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) headings and bullets (c) a summary at the bottom (d) main topic in the centre
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) same type, page by page
- 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the front (b) the back
- 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) the same order always (c) reading both sides (d) never testing yourself
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) algebra and area mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) switching topic each sum
- 30.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 110 minutes?
- 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
- 32.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering with book shut (b) highlighting in yellow (c) looking at the diagrams (d) copying the summary
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) starting without a plan (c) a messy desk (d) water bottle ready
- 34.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) headings and bullets (d) a cue column on the left
- 35.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) skipping hard topics (b) one topic for weeks (c) reading only (d) mixing different topics
- 36.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
- 37.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) six hours in one go (b) a review calendar (c) last-minute marathons (d) one long read-through
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on in the room (c) a messy desk (d) no break for 3 hours
- 39.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all in one night (b) last-minute marathons (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) one long read-through
- 40.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a summary at the bottom? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
Answer key
- 6
- see it again sooner
- a poor notes habit
- you think as you write
- when first learning
- 7:45 PM
- checking messages
- never testing yourself
- a good flashcard habit
- cues and key questions
- “What do roots do?”
- listening to a recap
- 50
- False
- 6
- a whole page per card
- notifications off
- 120
- your own words
- True
- active recall
- blocked practice
- testing yourself
- a summary at the bottom
- same type, page by page
- the back
- active recall
- shuffling the deck
- all area sums together
- 3
- only the easy cards
- answering with book shut
- water bottle ready
- a cue column on the left
- mixing different topics
- familiar is not known
- a review calendar
- phone in another room
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- Cornell notes
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