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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 158 · 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) on your friend
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) scrolling while reading
  4. 4.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) phone in another room (d) chatting in class
  5. 5.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) skip the chapter
  11. 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) taking short notes (d) chatting quietly
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a desk full of toys
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) studying half-asleep
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) games open on screen (c) TV on while studying (d) a quiet place to study
  16. 16.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) asking a question (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  19. 19.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  21. 21.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) eyes on the speaker (d) scrolling while reading
  23. 23.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) games open on screen
  25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  26. 26.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  30. 30.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) notes while listening (d) three tasks at once
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once

Answer key

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

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