Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 434 · 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.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) chatting in class
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
6. 6.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) TV on while studying (d) scrolling while reading
8. 8.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) chatting in class (d) scrolling while reading
10. 10.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) a quiet place to study
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
20. 20.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
21. 21.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
23. 23.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) you keep what you notice
24. 24.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) chatting quietly (d) looking at the clock
26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room
29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) notes while listening
30. 30.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
35. 35.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) think about it more
36. 36.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.👀 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
40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

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