Memory Techniques Worksheet: The Forgetting Curve

Memory techniques lesson 4: The forgetting curve · Set 95 · 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.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
2. 2.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) it speeds up (c) nothing changes (d) you forget more
3. 3.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) reviewing the next day (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reading it once only
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) reviewing the next day (c) cramming the last night (d) studying when sleepy
6. 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
7. 7.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “using it in a sum” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
10. 10.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) in the first day or two (c) after ten years (d) only in exams
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) cramming the last night (c) one long session only (d) skipping revision
12. 12.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
13. 13.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) studying when sleepy (c) reviewing the next day (d) explaining to a friend
15. 15.📅 You learn a history timeline 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?
16. 16.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
18. 18.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reading it once only (b) a good night’s sleep (c) making a picture of it (d) explaining to a friend
19. 19.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) never testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) making a picture of it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) never testing yourself (c) reviewing the next day (d) a good night’s sleep
21. 21.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
22. 22.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) forgetting starts late (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
23. 23.True or false: “explaining to a friend” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) never testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) one long session only
25. 25.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
26. 26.📅 You learn a history timeline 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?
27. 27.True or false: “explaining to a friend” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
31. 31.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) cramming the last night (c) testing yourself (d) never testing yourself
32. 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing after a week (d) testing yourself
34. 34.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
35. 35.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
37. 37.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “reviewing after a week” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) explaining to a friend (c) reviewing after a week (d) using it in a sum

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