Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 12 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Review before it fades): Helps you keep it: reviewing the next day, testing yourself, explaining to a friend, linking to what you know, a good night’s sleep. Lets it fade: reading it once only, cramming the last night, learning without meaning, never testing yourself. Review day = learning day + the gaps: learn on day 3, review 2, then 4, then 8 days later → 3 + 2 + 4 + 8 = day 17.

1. 1.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) one long session only (c) never testing yourself (d) testing yourself
2. 2.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
3. 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
4. 4.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
5. 5.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) linking to what you know (c) studying when sleepy (d) explaining to a friend
6. 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) cramming the last night (c) reading it once only (d) a good night’s sleep
7. 7.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) next month (b) the exam night (c) never (d) today or tomorrow
10. 10.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) one long session only (c) learning without meaning (d) never testing yourself
11. 11.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
12. 12.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) in the first day or two (c) only in exams (d) after ten years
14. 14.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
15. 15.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) a good night’s sleep (c) making a picture of it (d) skipping revision
16. 16.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
18. 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
19. 19.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
20. 20.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
21. 21.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) never testing yourself (c) reviewing after a week (d) explaining to a friend
22. 22.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) we never forget (c) memory is fixed (d) forgetting starts late
23. 23.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) cramming the last night (d) studying when sleepy
24. 24.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
25. 25.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
26. 26.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “never testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) cramming the last night (c) making a picture of it (d) linking to what you know
29. 29.True or false: “explaining to a friend” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) studying when sleepy
31. 31.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) skipping revision (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reviewing after a week
33. 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
34. 34.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
35. 35.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reading it once only (c) never testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
36. 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
37. 37.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
38. 38.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
39. 39.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
40. 40.True or false: “reviewing after a week” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True

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