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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 85 · 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) a desk full of toys (c) one task at a time (d) TV on while studying
  2. 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. 3.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  4. 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. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  6. 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  7. 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. 8.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  9. 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. 10.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 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. 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. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.Which of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) checking messages (c) daydreaming in class (d) studying half-asleep
  16. 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. 17.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 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. 20.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  21. 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. 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. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 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. 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  29. 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. 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) eyes on the speaker (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
  31. 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. 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. 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. 34.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  36. 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. 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. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 39.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 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

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

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