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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 88 · 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 of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) studying half-asleep
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) studying half-asleep
  3. 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
  4. 4.True or false: “a desk full of toys” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) reply at once
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) asking a question
  7. 7.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) taking short notes (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
  8. 8.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
  9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) a desk full of toys (d) notes while listening
  11. 11.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  14. 14.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
  15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  16. 16.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
  18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  19. 19.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) three tasks at once (d) a clear, tidy desk
  22. 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) phone in another room
  23. 23.True or false: “games open on screen” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
  25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a quiet place to study
  28. 28.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) eyes on the speaker (d) three tasks at once
  31. 31.👀 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
  32. 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) a goal for each session (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) three tasks at once
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) games open on screen (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
  39. 39.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention

Answer key

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

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