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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

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

Answer key

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

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