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