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10 AI study prompts that keep you doing the work

Use ten original prompts for hints, flashcards, practice questions and checking your working. Includes source checks and an independent final review.

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These ten original study prompts keep you involved by asking for questions, hints and checks against supplied notes.

These are original, untested templates based on documentation. The screenshot shows Google's prompting framework. All notes and students' answers below are invented examples.

  1. Check your school or course's AI rules before using a chat service.
  2. Start a new chat and copy one prompt below. Use your own notes only if you may share them.
  3. Attempt the task yourself, then compare the response with your teacher's material.

The screenshot comes from Google’s Workspace help; its integrated AI needs an eligible plan. Use these text templates in a chat service available to you.

Cropped Google prompting guidance showing the four labels Persona, Task, Context and Format

Cropped Google prompting guidance showing the four labels Persona, Task, Context and Format
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1. Explain supplied notes

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Explain in two sentences using only this invented note: 'Evaporation changes liquid to gas at the surface, even below boiling point.' Ask one question and wait.

Check: Answer the question yourself, then compare with the supplied note.

2. Find what is missing

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These invented notes say: 'A fair test changes one variable. We measure outcomes.' Identify two unanswered questions. Do not invent answers.

Check: Look for the answers in your course material before adding them.

3. Make flashcards

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Make two flashcards using only: 'The numerator is the top number in a fraction. The denominator is the bottom number and tells how many equal parts make one whole.'

Check: Check each card against the note before practising.

4. Quiz one question at a time

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Quiz me using only: 'A rectangle has four right angles. Opposite sides are equal.' Ask one question and wait. Do not give the answer yet.

Check: Answer first. Ask for feedback only after you have tried.

5. Give a hint before the answer

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I am practising 3x + 2 = 11. Give one hint for my next step. Do not solve it or reveal x.

Check: Apply the hint on paper before asking for another.

Watch out

Try the task before asking for a hint, and check feedback against your course material. A prompt cannot guarantee a correct answer or stop a chatbot revealing the solution. Close the chat for your final check and explain the idea yourself.

6. Check my working

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Check my working: 3x + 2 = 11, so 3x = 9, then x = 6. Explain the first incorrect step without replacing my solution.

Check: The error is x = 6. Dividing 9 by 3 gives x = 3; check by substitution.

7. Compare two ideas

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Compare mass and weight in a two-column table with three rows. Include what each measures and its SI unit. Use under 90 words; mark uncertainty.

Check: Verify the explanation and units against your course material.

8. Practise a worked example

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Create one practice equation structured like 3x + 2 = 11, with whole numbers and a whole-number solution. Give only the question now.

Check: Solve it yourself, then substitute your answer into the equation.

9. Review an explanation

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Review 'The denominator says how many parts I took' against this note: 'The denominator tells how many equal parts make one whole; the numerator counts them.' Ask me to correct the mismatch.

Check: Rewrite the explanation in your own words and compare with the note.

10. Plan a short study session

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Plan 20 minutes using only: review two flashcards, solve two equations, explain one mistake. Include a final check without AI. Make no promise about grades.

Check: Keep the final check independent: close the chat and explain your mistake.

If the explanation conflicts with your lesson

Save the chatbot's conflicting sentence and compare it with your course material. Ask your teacher if you cannot resolve the difference. Do not treat confident wording as proof or submit a chatbot's work as your own.

For the mass-and-weight prompt, your source should distinguish mass in kilograms from weight as a force in newtons. Check the terms your course uses.

Sources: Google's prompting guidance (opens in a new tab), privacy guidance (opens in a new tab), UNESCO's education guidance (opens in a new tab) and NASA's mass and weight example (opens in a new tab). Framework screenshot ©Google, cropped to its labels. Prompts by HoldMyTwist.

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