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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 553 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) short planned breaks
  2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
  3. 3.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) taking short notes
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 7.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  12. 12.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) it makes you tired
  13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) notes while listening (c) studying half-asleep (d) a goal for each session
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  17. 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  18. 18.👀 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
  19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) TV on while studying (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
  20. 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  22. 22.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  26. 26.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) asking a question
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) short planned breaks (c) games open on screen (d) asking a question
  30. 30.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) a clear, tidy desk
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) chatting in class (d) one task at a time
  34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) TV on while studying (c) notes while listening (d) chatting in class
  35. 35.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) watch the match
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  39. 39.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention

Answer key

  1. short planned breaks
  2. put it in another room
  3. False
  4. False
  5. taking short notes
  6. breaks attention
  7. True
  8. helps attention
  9. False
  10. False
  11. breaks attention
  12. you keep what you notice
  13. phone in another room
  14. chatting in class
  15. studying half-asleep
  16. helps attention
  17. breaks attention
  18. read it again, focused
  19. TV on while studying
  20. a desk full of toys
  21. helps attention
  22. False
  23. scrolling while reading
  24. helps attention
  25. checking messages
  26. False
  27. daydreaming in class
  28. breaks attention
  29. games open on screen
  30. False
  31. a clear, tidy desk
  32. phone in another room
  33. one task at a time
  34. notes while listening
  35. False
  36. False
  37. note it, then go back
  38. breaks attention
  39. True
  40. breaks attention

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