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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 838 · 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) games open on screen (b) phone in another room (c) three tasks at once (d) daydreaming in class
  2. 2.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
  3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  4. 4.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it again, focused (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter
  5. 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) studying half-asleep (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
  6. 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) scrolling while reading (c) phone in another room (d) checking messages
  7. 7.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  11. 11.👀 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
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) three tasks at once (d) a desk full of toys
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
  14. 14.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
  15. 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) asking a question (d) daydreaming in class
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) daydreaming in class (c) a goal for each session (d) a desk full of toys
  17. 17.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) a goal for each session
  21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) a desk full of toys (c) asking a question (d) eyes on the speaker
  22. 22.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) notes while listening (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
  28. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  29. 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) games open on screen
  30. 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  32. 32.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) short planned breaks (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
  33. 33.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  35. 35.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  37. 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  38. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) eyes on the speaker (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) notes while listening
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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