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 attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 4.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
- 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
- 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) studying half-asleep (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
- 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 10.True or false: “your birthday” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) sleep helps you learn
- 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 14.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 15.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
- 17.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) fruit and vegetables (c) an all-night cram (d) studying very hungry
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) daydreaming in class (d) a goal for each session
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
- 21.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) cramming the last night (c) reviewing after a week (d) testing yourself
- 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) sleep helps you learn
- 24.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) only in exams (c) after ten years (d) in the first day or two
- 25.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hear it once (b) read it once (c) review and use it often (d) hope for the best
- 26.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) checking messages (d) short planned breaks
- 28.😴 You go to bed at 10:00 PM and wake up at 8:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
- 30.True or false: “a calm, happy mind” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
- 32.Which of these helps your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) an all-night cram (c) screens till midnight (d) sitting still all day
- 33.True or false: “screens till midnight” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) a number you just heard (d) the last line you read
- 36.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) short study breaks (c) a full night’s sleep (d) skipping breakfast
- 38.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “how to swim” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 40.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
Answer key
- helps attention
- step 2
- helps attention
- not paying attention
- you keep all you read
- step 3
- a clear, tidy desk
- long-term memory
- step 1
- True
- True
- sleep helps you learn
- a fact
- lets it fade
- long-term memory
- pictures stick better
- True
- fruit and vegetables
- daydreaming in class
- pills give super memory
- cramming the last night
- breaks attention
- one reading is enough
- in the first day or two
- review and use it often
- True
- short planned breaks
- 10
- phone in another room
- False
- store it
- short study breaks
- True
- False
- how to ride a bicycle
- you keep what you notice
- skipping breakfast
- True
- False
- taking short notes
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students