Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 649 · 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 is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) the exam night (c) next month (d) today or tomorrow
2. 2.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
3. 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
4. 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
5. 5.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) only in exams (c) in the first day or two (d) after ten years
6. 6.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) studying when sleepy (c) making a picture of it (d) explaining to a friend
7. 7.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) explaining to a friend (b) learning without meaning (c) cramming the last night (d) never testing yourself
8. 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) one long session only (c) learning without meaning (d) linking to what you know
9. 9.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
11. 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
12. 12.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) making a picture of it (c) linking to what you know (d) a good night’s sleep
14. 14.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) making a picture of it (c) linking to what you know (d) a good night’s sleep
16. 16.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) never testing yourself (c) explaining to a friend (d) reviewing the next day
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) learning without meaning (c) a good night’s sleep (d) skipping revision
19. 19.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
20. 20.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) linking to what you know (c) skipping revision (d) testing yourself
21. 21.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
22. 22.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
23. 23.True or false: “never testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) one long session only (c) never testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
26. 26.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) one long session only (c) testing yourself (d) reading it once only
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) explaining to a friend (c) reading it once only (d) cramming the last night
28. 28.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
29. 29.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
30. 30.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
31. 31.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) memory is broken (b) you need a review (c) you should give up (d) you are not smart
32. 32.📅 You learn 12 new spellings 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?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) linking to what you know (c) reviewing the next day (d) studying when sleepy
34. 34.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
36. 36.True or false: “learning without meaning” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) never testing yourself (c) using it in a sum (d) studying when sleepy
38. 38.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) reviewing after a week (c) learning without meaning (d) never testing yourself
39. 39.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False

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