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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 2.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) playing outdoors (c) fruit and vegetables (d) drinking enough water
- 3.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 5.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) fewer things to hold (b) to make them longer (c) no reason (d) to change the number
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) reviewing after a week (d) reading it once only
- 8.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hear it once (b) hope for the best (c) review and use it often (d) read it once
- 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 10.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
- 11.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) how to swim (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) a number you just heard
- 15.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) hours with no break (c) studying very hungry (d) drinking enough water
- 16.Which of these helps your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) screens till midnight (c) short study breaks (d) studying very hungry
- 17.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 18.True or false: “a price you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 19.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
- 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
- 22.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) reviewing after a week (c) never testing yourself (d) learning without meaning
- 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
- 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) testing yourself (c) making a picture of it (d) never testing yourself
- 27.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) TV on while studying
- 29.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your phone
- 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 32.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 33.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 35.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, sugar does (b) yes, energy drinks (c) yes, many do (d) no — habits help most
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the last line you read (b) how to swim (c) your best friend’s name (d) your birthday
- 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
- 38.True or false: “feeling very stressed” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
Answer key
- long-term memory
- staying up very late
- True
- step 1
- fewer things to hold
- a goal for each session
- reading it once only
- review and use it often
- helps attention
- we forget fast at first
- 4
- False
- pay attention
- a number you just heard
- drinking enough water
- short study breaks
- lets it fade
- False
- read it again, focused
- a fact
- pay attention
- True
- reviewing after a week
- store it
- a myth
- never testing yourself
- False
- TV on while studying
- on the teacher and board
- helps attention
- short-term memory
- helps memory
- False
- True
- no — habits help most
- the last line you read
- keep it in memory
- False
- 7
- not paying attention
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students