Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 764 · 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
2. 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) scrolling while reading (d) a desk full of toys
3. 3.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
5. 5.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.👀 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
7. 7.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board
8. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
11. 11.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
14. 14.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) looking at the clock
15. 15.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) give up studying (c) watch the match (d) note it, then go back
17. 17.👀 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
18. 18.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) eyes on the speaker (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) chatting in class (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
21. 21.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) keep it in your hand
23. 23.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) games open on screen (c) studying half-asleep (d) TV on while studying
25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) asking a question
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) phone in another room (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) studying half-asleep
29. 29.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
31. 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
33. 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) notes while listening
34. 34.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a quiet place to study (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) one task at a time
36. 36.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) asking a question (c) three tasks at once (d) a desk full of toys
38. 38.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) daydreaming in class
40. 40.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True

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