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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 336 · 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: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) asking a question (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
  3. 3.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 9.👀 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
  10. 10.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) three tasks at once (c) daydreaming in class (d) chatting in class
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  14. 14.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it only helps in sport (c) it makes you tired (d) you keep what you notice
  16. 16.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
  19. 19.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  22. 22.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) studying half-asleep
  27. 27.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) chatting in class
  31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) daydreaming in class (d) a goal for each session
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) a quiet place to study (d) asking a question
  34. 34.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study
  37. 37.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) TV on while studying
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) short planned breaks
  40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question

Answer key

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

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