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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 136 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (You keep what you notice): Helps attention: phone in another room, one task at a time, a clear, tidy desk, eyes on the speaker, notes while listening. Breaks attention: TV on while studying, checking messages, three tasks at once, chatting in class, scrolling while reading. Mind wandering? Note the thought down to “park” it, then go back to your work.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) chatting in class
  2. 2.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) a goal for each session
  5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  8. 8.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) keep it in your hand
  9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  12. 12.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
  18. 18.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) daydreaming in class
  22. 22.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) a quiet place to study (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
  24. 24.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) games open on screen (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) TV on while studying (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) studying half-asleep
  32. 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) a desk full of toys
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) eyes on the speaker (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) phone in another room (d) chatting in class
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) notes while listening
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying

Answer key

  1. a clear, tidy desk
  2. False
  3. breaks attention
  4. checking messages
  5. TV on while studying
  6. helps attention
  7. breaks attention
  8. put it in another room
  9. a clear, tidy desk
  10. breaks attention
  11. taking short notes
  12. you keep what you notice
  13. helps attention
  14. True
  15. False
  16. breaks attention
  17. scrolling while reading
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. eyes on the speaker
  22. read it again, focused
  23. chatting in class
  24. True
  25. True
  26. games open on screen
  27. breaks attention
  28. True
  29. one task at a time
  30. a goal for each session
  31. studying half-asleep
  32. notes while listening
  33. daydreaming in class
  34. phone in another room
  35. helps attention
  36. helps attention
  37. helps attention
  38. breaks attention
  39. chatting in class
  40. TV on while studying

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