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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 3.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) until next month (c) only a short while (d) for years
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) attention comes first (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
- 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) asking a question (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for each session
- 6.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
- 8.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) explaining to a friend
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) screens till midnight (b) feeling very stressed (c) drinking enough water (d) sitting still all day
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) studying half-asleep (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
- 11.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) daydreaming in class
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
- 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) phone in another room (d) games open on screen
- 15.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📅 You learn 12 new spellings 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?
- 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) explaining to a friend (c) learning without meaning (d) reading it once only
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) one reading is enough (c) some kids never forget (d) everyone forgets things
- 20.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 21.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) playing outdoors (c) feeling very stressed (d) revising before bed
- 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) daydreaming in class
- 23.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 24.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) you forget more (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
- 26.👀 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
- 27.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) your home address (c) your best friend’s name (d) a carry while adding
- 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
- 31.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: skipping breakfast? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) a full night’s sleep (c) skipping breakfast (d) short study breaks
- 33.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) explaining to a friend (c) skipping revision (d) one long session only
- 34.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 35.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) fewer things to hold (b) no reason (c) to change the number (d) to make them longer
- 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 39.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pills give super memory
- 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, with a pill
Answer key
- lets it fade
- hurts memory
- only a short while
- good memory is just luck
- checking messages
- True
- put it in another room
- reading it once only
- drinking enough water
- short planned breaks
- True
- daydreaming in class
- phone in another room
- games open on screen
- True
- 11
- helps attention
- explaining to a friend
- everyone forgets things
- lets it fade
- feeling very stressed
- a goal for each session
- hurts memory
- it slows down
- pictures stick better
- read it again, focused
- short-term memory
- step 3
- a carry while adding
- one task at a time
- hurts memory
- skipping breakfast
- explaining to a friend
- 5
- False
- False
- fewer things to hold
- TV on while studying
- sleep helps you learn
- no, that is a myth
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