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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 698 · 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) chatting in class (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
  2. 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a goal for each session (c) notes while listening (d) phone in another room
  3. 3.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) reply at once
  7. 7.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
  8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  9. 9.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
  11. 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) one task at a time
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for each session (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) three tasks at once (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  17. 17.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) daydreaming in class
  21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  22. 22.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  24. 24.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) games open on screen (d) three tasks at once
  26. 26.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
  29. 29.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) studying half-asleep (d) a quiet place to study
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  37. 37.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) taking short notes
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) one task at a time (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
  39. 39.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) a quiet place to study

Answer key

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

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