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 copying notes neatly? (a) explaining it aloud (b) copying notes neatly
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a timer on the desk (b) phone in another room (c) water bottle ready (d) TV on in the room
- 3.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: studying all night? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 4.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) watch a late film (b) study till 3 AM (c) game till late (d) sleep on time
- 5.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 165 minutes?
- 6.📅 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 2?
- 7.True or false: “one long read-through” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) clear headings (c) tiny cramped writing (d) never looking again
- 9.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) are not allowed (b) make you forget (c) help you refocus (d) waste all your time
- 10.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 11.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) TV in view (b) a noisy hallway (c) a clear desk (d) on the bed
- 12.True or false: “notifications off” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
- 14.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) under the pillow (b) in your hand (c) on the book (d) in another room
- 15.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 17.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) scanning the headings
- 18.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) they are cheaper (c) nobody checks them (d) you think as you write
- 19.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 20.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) review it sooner (b) skip it for good (c) start a new topic (d) feel bad and stop
- 21.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 21, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 22.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) listening to a recap (c) reading the notes again (d) scanning the headings
- 24.📵 Saanvi wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 8:45 PM (b) 11:00 PM (c) 10:15 PM (d) 9:30 PM
- 25.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) reading only (c) one topic for weeks (d) skipping hard topics
- 26.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notifications off (c) water bottle ready (d) a messy desk
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) starting without a plan (d) notifications off
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) no break for 3 hours (d) three tasks at once
- 31.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) a whole page per card (d) a question on the front
- 33.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a firm chair (b) a clear desk (c) the same spot daily (d) TV in view
- 34.🪑 Good or poor study spot: phone face-up nearby? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) listening to a recap
- 36.📅 You learn a topic on day 6. 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?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a noisy hallway (b) on the bed (c) a cluttered table (d) a clear desk
- 38.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) TV in view (b) a cluttered table (c) a noisy hallway (d) books within reach
- 39.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) is the best way (c) fades very quickly (d) never fails
- 40.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) reading both sides
Answer key
- explaining it aloud
- TV on in the room
- hurts learning
- sleep on time
- 5
- 10
- True
- clear headings
- help you refocus
- spaced practice
- a clear desk
- False
- old and new topics mixed
- in another room
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- a blank-page brain dump
- you think as you write
- breaks your focus
- review it sooner
- 27
- True
- teaching it to a sibling
- 9:30 PM
- mixing different topics
- a poor notes habit
- one chapter’s sums only
- a messy desk
- notifications off
- one task at a time
- 240
- a whole page per card
- TV in view
- a poor study spot
- covering the answers
- 9
- a clear desk
- books within reach
- fades very quickly
- reading both sides
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