Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 604 · 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.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
4. 4.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
6. 6.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once
8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
11. 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
13. 13.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) checking messages
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) a clear, tidy desk
16. 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) notes while listening (c) a desk full of toys (d) eyes on the speaker
17. 17.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) a goal for each session
21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
22. 22.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
23. 23.👀 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
24. 24.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) daydreaming in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
26. 26.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a goal for each session (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) daydreaming in class
30. 30.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
32. 32.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a goal for each session (c) studying half-asleep (d) one task at a time
34. 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) phone in another room (d) short planned breaks
35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) three tasks at once
37. 37.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
39. 39.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
40. 40.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False

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