Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

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

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