Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus
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.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.👀 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 4.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
- 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 6.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 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.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) games open on screen (d) TV on while studying
- 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) daydreaming in class
- 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 13.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 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.👀 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.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 18.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 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.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 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.👀 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.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.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.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔍 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.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
- 32.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) asking a question
- 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.🔍 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.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
Answer key
- TV on while studying
- on the teacher and board
- breaks attention
- eyes on the speaker
- helps attention
- False
- put it in another room
- a clear, tidy desk
- helps attention
- daydreaming in class
- a goal for each session
- breaks attention
- False
- studying half-asleep
- you keep what you notice
- True
- helps attention
- True
- note it, then go back
- False
- a clear, tidy desk
- read it again, focused
- one task at a time
- phone in another room
- True
- True
- a goal for each session
- a desk full of toys
- False
- False
- short planned breaks
- False
- True
- True
- True
- asking a question
- taking short notes
- one task at a time
- False
- breaks attention
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