Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 421 · 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) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) three tasks at once
2. 2.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
6. 6.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
11. 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
12. 12.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
13. 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) eyes on the speaker (d) games open on screen
14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) scrolling while reading (d) a desk full of toys
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) eyes on the speaker (d) asking a question
17. 17.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) a quiet place to study (d) studying half-asleep
18. 18.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it makes you tired (d) it doesn’t matter
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks
22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
23. 23.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
25. 25.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
27. 27.👀 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) notes while listening (d) games open on screen
29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
31. 31.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
32. 32.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
37. 37.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) checking messages
40. 40.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time

Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students