Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 230 · 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.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) never (c) only in exams (d) in the first day or two
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) cramming the last night (c) a good night’s sleep (d) studying when sleepy
3. 3.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) studying when sleepy (c) reviewing the next day (d) a good night’s sleep
4. 4.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) explaining to a friend (c) reviewing after a week (d) skipping revision
5. 5.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) you forget more (b) it speeds up (c) nothing changes (d) it slows down
6. 6.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
7. 7.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) reading it once only (d) testing yourself
9. 9.📅 You learn the 7 times table 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?
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) skipping revision (c) testing yourself (d) cramming the last night
12. 12.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
13. 13.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
15. 15.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “learning without meaning” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
18. 18.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) reviewing after a week (d) a good night’s sleep
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing the next day (d) one long session only
20. 20.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) one long session only (d) making a picture of it
21. 21.True or false: “explaining to a friend” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📅 You learn 12 new spellings 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?
23. 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
24. 24.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we forget fast at first (c) we never forget (d) forgetting starts late
25. 25.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
26. 26.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) never testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) using it in a sum
27. 27.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
28. 28.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
29. 29.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) never testing yourself (b) using it in a sum (c) making a picture of it (d) explaining to a friend
30. 30.True or false: “never testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) testing yourself (c) learning without meaning (d) a good night’s sleep
32. 32.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
34. 34.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) cramming the last night (c) reviewing after a week (d) one long session only
36. 36.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) reviewing after a week (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) learning without meaning (d) skipping revision
39. 39.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False

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