Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 385 · 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: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
6. 6.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
9. 9.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
13. 13.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a goal for each session (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
17. 17.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
21. 21.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) scrolling while reading (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
25. 25.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
28. 28.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.👀 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
30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) eyes on the speaker
31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
32. 32.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) short planned breaks
36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) short planned breaks (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) daydreaming in class
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
40. 40.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

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