Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 474 · 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.👀 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
2. 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a desk full of toys
5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
7. 7.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) short planned breaks (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
9. 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) short planned breaks
10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) studying half-asleep (d) asking a question
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) games open on screen (d) TV on while studying
15. 15.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) chatting in class
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) eyes on the speaker
18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
19. 19.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) daydreaming in class (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) studying half-asleep (d) short planned breaks
23. 23.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) reply at once
24. 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
25. 25.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) phone in another room (c) eyes on the speaker (d) three tasks at once
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
29. 29.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
31. 31.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) TV on while studying
34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
35. 35.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
38. 38.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) short planned breaks

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