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