Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 973 · 40 questions

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.

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

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