Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 139 · 40 questions

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.

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

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