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.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) percentage (b) area (c) fractions (d) ratio
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a review calendar (b) last-minute marathons (c) all in one night (d) never reviewing again
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one topic all evening (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) only fraction sums
- 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) colours and small icons (c) a summary at the bottom (d) notes in the big column
- 6.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) never testing yourself (d) making your own cards
- 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
- 8.🪑 Good or poor study spot: phone face-up nearby? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 9.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) books within reach (b) a firm chair (c) good light (d) a cluttered table
- 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
- 12.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 14.😴 Kabir goes to bed at 10:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 15.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: water bottle ready? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 16.True or false: “a messy desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) never reviewing (b) reviewing over time (c) cramming at night (d) studying once, long
- 18.Which of these hurts learning? (a) screens off before bed (b) no break for hours (c) a short walk outdoors (d) a regular bedtime
- 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or re-reading the chapter? (a) explaining it aloud (b) re-reading the chapter
- 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
- 21.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) old and new topics mixed
- 22.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 23.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a short walk outdoors? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
- 25.📅 You learn a new topic on day 19 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 26.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 8, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) listening to a recap
- 28.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) a timer on the desk (c) water bottle ready (d) checking messages
- 29.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
- 30.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they are cheaper (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
- 31.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 100 minutes?
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 33.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) never looking again (b) clear headings (c) writing every line (d) tiny cramped writing
- 34.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 35.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 36.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 37.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it does not matter (b) it wastes study time (c) it erases notes (d) it helps store learning
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) one topic all evening (c) algebra and area mixed (d) switching topic each sum
- 39.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) branches for subtopics (c) colours and small icons (d) numbered points in order
Answer key
- area
- a review calendar
- a mixed revision quiz
- explaining it aloud
- colours and small icons
- never testing yourself
- the back
- a poor study spot
- True
- a cluttered table
- testing yourself
- hurts learning
- a poor flashcard habit
- 7
- helps you focus
- False
- reviewing over time
- no break for hours
- explaining it aloud
- the back
- one chapter’s sums only
- highlighting in yellow
- helps learning
- never testing yourself
- 20
- 18
- teaching it to a sibling
- checking messages
- modern
- you think as you write
- 3
- recalling from memory
- clear headings
- hurts learning
- linear notes
- a good notes habit
- it helps store learning
- one topic all evening
- True
- numbered points in order
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