Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 189 · 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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) reviewing after a week (c) explaining to a friend (d) skipping revision
3. 3.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we forget fast at first (c) we never forget (d) memory is fixed
4. 4.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) one long session only (c) never testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
6. 6.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) making a picture of it (c) reading it once only (d) explaining to a friend
7. 7.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) it speeds up
8. 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) cramming the last night (c) linking to what you know (d) reading it once only
9. 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
10. 10.True or false: “using it in a sum” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
12. 12.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) explaining to a friend (b) one long session only (c) never testing yourself (d) cramming the last night
13. 13.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) studying when sleepy (c) cramming the last night (d) reviewing the next day
14. 14.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
15. 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
16. 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
17. 17.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) cramming the last night (c) using it in a sum (d) testing yourself
18. 18.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) never testing yourself (c) cramming the last night (d) testing yourself
19. 19.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) cramming the last night (c) using it in a sum (d) one long session only
21. 21.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
22. 22.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
23. 23.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
24. 24.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) in the first day or two (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) never
25. 25.True or false: “explaining to a friend” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) cramming the last night (c) linking to what you know (d) explaining to a friend
28. 28.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you need a review (b) memory is broken (c) you should give up (d) you are not smart
29. 29.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) explaining to a friend (c) making a picture of it (d) learning without meaning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) using it in a sum (c) explaining to a friend (d) studying when sleepy
31. 31.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) skipping revision (b) reviewing the next day (c) using it in a sum (d) linking to what you know
32. 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
33. 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
34. 34.True or false: “reviewing after a week” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) one long session only (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing after a week
36. 36.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
37. 37.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True

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