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.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone in your hand (b) phone face-up nearby (c) phone out of sight (d) phone on loud
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a firm chair (b) a clear desk (c) TV in view (d) good light
- 3.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) you practise choosing (c) it is shorter (d) it skips topics
- 5.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) flipping straight away (c) reading both sides (d) more practice on misses
- 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
- 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 8.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 9.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) it is too hard (c) it takes no time (d) familiar is not known
- 10.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) studying once, long (b) cramming at night (c) never reviewing (d) reviewing over time
- 11.🍅 You want 150 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
- 13.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) same type, page by page (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 15.📵 Vihaan wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 10:45 PM (b) 9:45 PM (c) 9:15 PM (d) 10:15 PM
- 16.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) switching topic each sum (c) all area sums together (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 17.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 40 minutes?
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) listening to a recap (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet corner (b) a firm chair (c) a clear desk (d) a dim room
- 20.True or false: “answering a quiz” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) What do roots do? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) distance ÷ time
- 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
- 23.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) no break (b) a 1-minute snack (c) a 2-hour nap (d) a 5-minute break
- 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) water bottle ready (c) one task at a time (d) checking messages
- 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) a question on the front
- 27.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a firm chair (b) on the bed (c) the same spot daily (d) good light
- 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 29.📵 Diya wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:45 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 6:45 PM (b) 9:45 PM (c) 7:45 PM (d) 8:45 PM
- 30.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) a look within a day (c) ten colours a page (d) your own words
- 31.📵 Tara wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 8:30 PM (b) 9:00 PM (c) 8:00 PM (d) 7:30 PM
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) six hours in one go (b) starting the day before (c) all in one night (d) old topics each week
- 33.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 34.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 30 minutes?
- 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 36.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or re-reading the chapter? (a) quizzing a friend (b) re-reading the chapter
- 37.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) hide it for a month (c) see it again sooner (d) never use it again
- 38.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) colours and small icons (c) one keyword per branch (d) notes in the big column
- 40.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) a little every day (b) starting the day before (c) all in one night (d) one long read-through
Answer key
- phone out of sight
- TV in view
- False
- you practise choosing
- more practice on misses
- the back
- recalling from memory
- cramming
- familiar is not known
- reviewing over time
- 6
- looking at the diagrams
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- active recall
- 9:45 PM
- all area sums together
- 1
- listening to a recap
- a dim room
- True
- distance ÷ time
- testing yourself
- a 5-minute break
- the front
- checking messages
- never testing yourself
- on the bed
- passive review
- 7:45 PM
- ten colours a page
- 8:00 PM
- old topics each week
- spaced practice
- 1
- passive review
- quizzing a friend
- see it again sooner
- True
- notes in the big column
- a little every day
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