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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a price you just heard? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 2.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 3.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 4.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hope for the best (b) review and use it often (c) read it once (d) hear it once
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 6.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) attention comes first
- 8.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) skip sleep and dinner (b) study all night (c) play games all night (d) revise, then sleep well
- 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 10.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 11.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) reviewing the next day (d) a good night’s sleep
- 13.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never forget (c) we forget fast at first (d) forgetting starts late
- 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 16.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) reading it once only (c) skipping revision (d) studying when sleepy
- 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 19.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 20.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
- 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) pills give super memory
- 22.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) recall, store, notice
- 23.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 24.True or false: “a number you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) skipping revision (c) never testing yourself (d) testing yourself
- 27.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) reviewing the next day
- 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 29.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “directions told just now” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗂️ 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
- 33.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for each session (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) three tasks at once (c) asking a question (d) checking messages
- 37.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
- 39.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- short-term memory
- True
- 130
- review and use it often
- lets it fade
- True
- cramming lasts for years
- revise, then sleep well
- step 1
- short-term memory
- long-term memory
- skipping revision
- we forget fast at first
- a myth
- helps you keep it
- a good night’s sleep
- a fact
- step 2
- 10
- put it in another room
- sleep helps you learn
- notice, store, recall
- long-term memory
- True
- False
- testing yourself
- reading it once only
- breaks attention
- 2
- True
- False
- short-term memory
- True
- helps attention
- chatting in class
- asking a question
- True
- bringing it back to mind
- True
- False
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students