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.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 2.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these helps you focus? (a) starting without a plan (b) TV on in the room (c) three tasks at once (d) water bottle ready
- 4.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) look at pictures (b) underline it (c) read the summary (d) write what you know
- 6.📅 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?
- 7.True or false: “phone in another room” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) good light (b) TV in view (c) a clear desk (d) a firm chair
- 9.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 10.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 11.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) writing it from memory
- 12.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 25, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 13.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
- 14.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Copy the diagram.” (b) “What do roots do?” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “Read page 12.”
- 16.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 3, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 17.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) a question on the front (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) copying word for word (c) writing every line (d) your own words
- 20.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) all area sums together (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) flipping straight away (c) only the easy cards (d) one fact per card
- 22.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a timer on the desk (b) notifications off (c) TV on in the room (d) a goal for the session
- 25.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) study till 3 AM (b) watch a late film (c) game till late (d) sleep on time
- 27.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) never looking again (b) your own words (c) writing every line (d) copying word for word
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) highlighting in yellow (d) answering with book shut
- 29.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone in your hand (b) phone on loud (c) phone out of sight (d) phone face-up nearby
- 30.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) call them now (c) reply in the break (d) end the session
- 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or gazing at the book? (a) self-made flashcards (b) gazing at the book
- 32.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
- 34.True or false: “a goal for the session” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without a plan (b) checking messages (c) TV on in the room (d) a timer on the desk
- 36.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📅 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 second review?
- 38.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) never fails (b) is the best way (c) lasts for years (d) fades very quickly
- 39.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) a timer on the desk (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) notifications off
- 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one topic all evening (b) switching topic each sum (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
Answer key
- a poor notes habit
- True
- water bottle ready
- True
- write what you know
- 9
- True
- TV in view
- True
- a good notes habit
- writing it from memory
- 33
- area
- False
- “What do roots do?”
- 9
- True
- the same order always
- your own words
- a shuffled set of sums
- one fact per card
- True
- False
- TV on in the room
- False
- sleep on time
- your own words
- highlighting in yellow
- phone out of sight
- reply in the break
- self-made flashcards
- active recall
- close it and recall it
- True
- a timer on the desk
- False
- 21
- fades very quickly
- three tasks at once
- one topic all evening
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