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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
- 2.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 70 minutes?
- 3.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 23, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) a little every day (c) six hours in one go (d) gaps that grow longer
- 5.📅 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?
- 6.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 16, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 7.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one long read-through (b) starting the day before (c) six hours in one go (d) a little every day
- 8.📅 You learn a topic on day 9. 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.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 10.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 11.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) study till 3 AM (b) game till late (c) sleep on time (d) watch a late film
- 12.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
- 13.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 14.True or false: “starting the day before” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) ten colours a page (c) no headings at all (d) short keywords
- 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) no headings at all (c) your own words (d) copying word for word
- 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
- 19.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) main topic in the centre (c) a cue column on the left (d) branches for subtopics
- 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 21.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) mice (c) 56 (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 23.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 24.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📅 You learn a topic on day 14. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 26.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 27.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) a look within a day (c) adding small diagrams (d) your own words
- 30.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) short breaks to stretch (c) a glass of water (d) studying all night
- 31.📅 You learn a new topic on day 13 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
- 32.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) distance ÷ time
- 33.Which of these helps learning? (a) a new bedtime every day (b) scrolling in bed (c) short breaks to stretch (d) studying all night
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
- 35.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) algebra and area mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) same type, page by page
- 36.True or false: “old topics each week” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) adding small diagrams (c) a look within a day (d) clear headings
- 38.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 39.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
- 40.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 75 minutes?
Answer key
- explaining it aloud
- 2
- 33
- six hours in one go
- 23
- 24
- a little every day
- 16
- cramming
- breaks your focus
- sleep on time
- ratio
- helps you focus
- True
- short keywords
- active recall
- your own words
- quizzing a friend
- a cue column on the left
- a poor flashcard habit
- False
- 7 × 8 = ?
- a good study spot
- False
- 17
- the front
- False
- False
- ten colours a page
- studying all night
- 27
- distance ÷ time
- short breaks to stretch
- highlighting in yellow
- algebra and area mixed
- True
- copying word for word
- a good flashcard habit
- self-made flashcards
- 2
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