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 135 minutes?
- 2.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 3.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 4.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “water bottle ready” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) end the session (b) call them now (c) reply in the break (d) reply at once
- 7.True or false: “six hours in one go” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) screens off before bed (c) a new bedtime every day (d) a short walk outdoors
- 9.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
- 10.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
- 11.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) books within reach (b) on the bed (c) the same spot daily (d) a quiet corner
- 13.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Plural of “mouse”? (c) modern (d) Formula for speed?
- 14.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 15.Which of these helps learning? (a) gaming till midnight (b) scrolling in bed (c) a regular bedtime (d) no break for hours
- 16.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) the date only (b) nothing (c) a drawing (d) a short summary
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 18.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) a little every day (c) all in one night (d) gaps that grow longer
- 21.🪑 Good or poor study spot: books within reach? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 22.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a clear desk? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 23.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 24.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) switching topic each sum
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on in the room (b) notifications off (c) water bottle ready (d) phone in another room
- 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 27.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone out of sight (b) phone in your hand (c) phone on loud (d) phone face-up nearby
- 28.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear desk (b) phone face-up nearby (c) TV in view (d) a cluttered table
- 31.Which of these helps learning? (a) a new bedtime every day (b) gaming till midnight (c) short breaks to stretch (d) studying all night
- 32.📅 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 2?
- 33.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a regular bedtime (b) no break for hours (c) a short walk outdoors (d) a full night’s sleep
- 34.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
- 35.📅 You learn a new topic on day 18 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 36.True or false: “starting the day before” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) colours and small icons (c) cue questions in margin (d) one keyword per branch
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) headings and bullets (c) a summary at the bottom (d) numbered points in order
- 39.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
Answer key
- 4
- 50
- a good notes habit
- True
- True
- reply in the break
- True
- a new bedtime every day
- distance ÷ time
- percentage
- True
- on the bed
- modern
- Cornell notes
- a regular bedtime
- a short summary
- highlighting in yellow
- False
- True
- all in one night
- a good study spot
- a good study spot
- a poor notes habit
- one topic all evening
- TV on in the room
- blocked practice
- phone out of sight
- True
- self-made flashcards
- a clear desk
- short breaks to stretch
- 12
- no break for hours
- useful — fix it now
- 19
- False
- cue questions in margin
- a summary at the bottom
- True
- Cornell notes
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