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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 345 · 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  3. 3.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
  4. 4.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) a quiet place to study
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) asking a question (c) daydreaming in class (d) three tasks at once
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.👀 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
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) studying half-asleep
  16. 16.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) phone in another room
  20. 20.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
  24. 24.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) three tasks at once (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  27. 27.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) three tasks at once
  30. 30.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  34. 34.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) checking messages
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
  39. 39.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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