Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 204 · 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
2. 2.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it makes you tired
3. 3.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study
6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
8. 8.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
10. 10.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
12. 12.👀 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
13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a goal for each session (c) games open on screen (d) asking a question
15. 15.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) scrolling while reading (d) eyes on the speaker
17. 17.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) studying half-asleep
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) short planned breaks (d) one task at a time
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) short planned breaks
21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) asking a question (d) games open on screen
23. 23.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
24. 24.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) scrolling while reading
26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
28. 28.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) studying half-asleep
31. 31.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) notes while listening (d) studying half-asleep
36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a desk full of toys (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
39. 39.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

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