Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 711 · 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.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room
2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) games open on screen (c) chatting in class (d) three tasks at once
3. 3.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) chatting in class (d) phone in another room
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) daydreaming in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a clear, tidy desk
8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) one task at a time (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
9. 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) short planned breaks (d) three tasks at once
10. 10.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
11. 11.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) asking a question
15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
17. 17.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
19. 19.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) daydreaming in class (d) a desk full of toys
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) three tasks at once (d) a clear, tidy desk
22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
23. 23.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it again, focused (d) read it faster
26. 26.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) games open on screen
28. 28.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) a goal for each session
32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) scrolling while reading (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) a desk full of toys (d) daydreaming in class
34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) eyes on the speaker
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) eyes on the speaker (d) daydreaming in class
37. 37.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) doodling cartoons
38. 38.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

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