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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 407 · 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.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) notes while listening (c) TV on while studying (d) a quiet place to study
  2. 2.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  4. 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) games open on screen (d) TV on while studying
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) daydreaming in class
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) studying half-asleep
  15. 15.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it makes you tired (d) it only helps in sport
  16. 16.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  18. 18.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) watch the match
  20. 20.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  22. 22.👀 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) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
  23. 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) phone in another room
  25. 25.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) eyes on the speaker (d) notes while listening
  29. 29.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
  32. 32.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
  37. 37.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) games open on screen (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  39. 39.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention

Answer key

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

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