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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 440 · 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 helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) checking messages
  2. 2.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) taking short notes
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
  4. 4.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
  13. 13.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) three tasks at once
  15. 15.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
  19. 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) you keep what you notice
  20. 20.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) one task at a time (d) a desk full of toys
  24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  25. 25.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
  26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) notes while listening
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) short planned breaks (d) TV on while studying
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) phone in another room
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.👀 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
  33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) notes while listening
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) daydreaming in class (d) studying half-asleep
  38. 38.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep

Answer key

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

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