Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 414 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) a desk full of toys
2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) turn the sound up (c) keep it in your hand (d) reply at once
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) a goal for each session
7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
9. 9.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
11. 11.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
17. 17.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) one task at a time
20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) scrolling while reading
21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a goal for each session (c) phone in another room (d) studying half-asleep
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a goal for each session (c) three tasks at once (d) eyes on the speaker
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
25. 25.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) asking a question (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
26. 26.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it makes you tired (d) you keep what you notice
28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) TV on while studying
31. 31.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) give up studying (c) note it, then go back (d) watch the match
32. 32.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) three tasks at once
35. 35.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) a quiet place to study
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) asking a question
40. 40.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

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