Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 458 · 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
3. 3.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
4. 4.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) eyes on the speaker (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) games open on screen (c) scrolling while reading (d) short planned breaks
7. 7.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) one task at a time (d) asking a question
9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
11. 11.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it again, focused (c) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) asking a question
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) phone in another room (d) scrolling while reading
14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) daydreaming in class
15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) checking messages
16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) daydreaming in class
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) daydreaming in class
19. 19.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
24. 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) studying half-asleep (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
25. 25.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
27. 27.👀 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
28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) phone in another room
30. 30.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
32. 32.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
35. 35.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
37. 37.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
38. 38.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
40. 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) chatting in class

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