Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 498 · 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: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
2. 2.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it doesn’t matter
3. 3.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once
6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) daydreaming in class
8. 8.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
10. 10.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
12. 12.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
15. 15.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
17. 17.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
18. 18.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
20. 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) a goal for each session
22. 22.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room
24. 24.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
26. 26.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
28. 28.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) three tasks at once (d) a quiet place to study
30. 30.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
34. 34.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) checking messages (c) games open on screen (d) a desk full of toys
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) a desk full of toys (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a quiet place to study
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) games open on screen (d) a quiet place to study
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
39. 39.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening

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