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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 390 · 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: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  2. 2.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) note it, then go back (c) give up studying (d) think about it more
  4. 4.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) checking messages
  6. 6.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
  7. 7.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
  11. 11.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) asking a question (c) a quiet place to study (d) scrolling while reading
  13. 13.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) taking short notes
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) one task at a time (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
  21. 21.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) eyes on the speaker
  24. 24.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) notes while listening
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) short planned breaks
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) notes while listening
  35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) a desk full of toys
  36. 36.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
  37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) chatting in class
  39. 39.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) studying half-asleep (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room

Answer key

  1. breaks attention
  2. True
  3. note it, then go back
  4. False
  5. a quiet place to study
  6. three tasks at once
  7. False
  8. breaks attention
  9. False
  10. a clear, tidy desk
  11. False
  12. scrolling while reading
  13. taking short notes
  14. three tasks at once
  15. breaks attention
  16. helps attention
  17. False
  18. TV on while studying
  19. daydreaming in class
  20. scrolling while reading
  21. True
  22. False
  23. games open on screen
  24. True
  25. breaks attention
  26. helps attention
  27. read it again, focused
  28. breaks attention
  29. True
  30. short planned breaks
  31. helps attention
  32. checking messages
  33. chatting in class
  34. chatting in class
  35. one task at a time
  36. put it in another room
  37. eyes on the speaker
  38. phone in another room
  39. False
  40. studying half-asleep

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