Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Memory tip (Know your memory): Find the topic of the question: memory steps, attention, short or long term, forgetting, or habits. Use that lesson’s tip — notice, store, recall; you keep what you notice; a small desk and a big cupboard; review before it fades; a rested brain remembers. For sums: add the gaps to the learning day, add study blocks and breaks, or count the hours of sleep.
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- 1.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 2.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases memory (b) it is only for babies (c) it helps learning stick (d) it wastes time
- 3.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) long-term memory (c) muscle memory (d) short-term memory
- 4.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) study even more (b) ignore it (c) tell a parent or doctor (d) buy memory pills
- 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 6.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you should give up (b) memory is broken (c) you need a review (d) you are not smart
- 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 8.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it makes you tired (d) it only helps in sport
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) making a picture of it (c) reading it once only (d) testing yourself
- 10.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
- 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 14.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “drinking enough water” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
- 17.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your home address (c) a number you just heard (d) your birthday
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) the national anthem (c) a carry while adding (d) a number you just heard
- 19.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, by staring hard
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) asking a question (c) TV on while studying (d) chatting in class
- 21.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) next month (b) the exam night (c) never (d) today or tomorrow
- 22.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) a price you just heard (c) your home address (d) the national anthem
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) one long session only (c) reading it once only (d) making a picture of it
- 24.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
- 30.😴 You go to bed at 9:30 PM and wake up at 6:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
- 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) chatting in class
- 33.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 35.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 36.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) read it again, focused (c) skip the chapter (d) turn the TV on
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 38.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) fruit and vegetables (c) feeling very stressed (d) staying up very late
- 39.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
Answer key
- step 2
- it helps learning stick
- short-term memory
- tell a parent or doctor
- step 3
- you need a review
- step 1
- you keep what you notice
- reading it once only
- True
- breaks attention
- notice it
- step 3
- False
- False
- not paying attention
- a number you just heard
- the national anthem
- no, that is a myth
- asking a question
- today or tomorrow
- a price you just heard
- making a picture of it
- hurts memory
- 7
- 50
- a fact
- helps attention
- practice improves memory
- 9
- we forget without review
- eyes on the speaker
- False
- False
- helps memory
- read it again, focused
- helps you keep it
- fruit and vegetables
- long-term memory
- notice it
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