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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 477 · 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.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) skip the chapter (c) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
  2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
  3. 3.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) daydreaming in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) studying half-asleep
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) TV on while studying (d) short planned breaks
  8. 8.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it only helps in sport
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) studying half-asleep (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) a goal for each session
  15. 15.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a desk full of toys (d) notes while listening
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) a quiet place to study
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) studying half-asleep
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) notes while listening (d) a desk full of toys
  23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
  28. 28.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  34. 34.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  36. 36.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) short planned breaks (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a quiet place to study (d) games open on screen
  39. 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) checking messages
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once

Answer key

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

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