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 is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) headings and bullets (c) main topic in the centre (d) one keyword per branch
- 2.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it is faster (c) it is active recall (d) it saves cards
- 3.True or false: “TV on in the room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or re-reading the chapter? (a) testing yourself (b) re-reading the chapter
- 5.🍅 You want 175 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 6.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) copying word for word (c) your own words (d) a look within a day
- 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 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 2?
- 9.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) reading the notes again (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 11.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) writing every line (c) leaving some space (d) copying word for word
- 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 13.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 15.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) making your own cards
- 16.🗺️ In a mind map, what goes in the centre? (a) a small detail (b) the last point (c) the page number (d) the main topic
- 17.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
- 18.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
- 19.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) on the book (b) in your hand (c) in another room (d) under the pillow
- 20.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) switching topic each sum (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
- 22.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a dim room (b) a noisy hallway (c) a cluttered table (d) the same spot daily
- 23.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) only fraction sums (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 25.📅 You learn a new topic on day 16 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 26.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 4 hours on exam day (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 1 hour on 4 days
- 27.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 28.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) area sums only (d) one percentage page
- 29.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 30.🔁 Why study in the same spot each day? (a) it saves electricity (b) it is a rule (c) it cues you to focus (d) to hide from family
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) switching topic each sum
- 32.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) your own words (c) never looking again (d) ten colours a page
- 35.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) quiet, tidy and bright (b) a dark corner (c) on your bed (d) in front of the TV
- 36.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) numbered points in order (b) headings and bullets (c) branches for subtopics (d) cue questions in margin
- 37.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) one fact per card
- 38.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
- 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or copying notes neatly? (a) testing yourself (b) copying notes neatly
Answer key
- headings and bullets
- it is active recall
- True
- testing yourself
- 7
- copying word for word
- the back
- 12
- linear notes
- reading the notes again
- leaving some space
- a poor flashcard habit
- a good study spot
- the front
- only the easy cards
- the main topic
- when first learning
- recalling without notes
- in another room
- True
- switching topic each sum
- the same spot daily
- True
- a shuffled set of sums
- 19
- 1 hour on 4 days
- helps you focus
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- a poor study spot
- it cues you to focus
- one chapter’s sums only
- False
- False
- your own words
- quiet, tidy and bright
- branches for subtopics
- reading both sides
- True
- percentage
- testing yourself
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