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.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
- 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
- 5.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) a calm, happy mind (c) fruit and vegetables (d) staying up very late
- 8.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your best friend’s name (c) your birthday (d) the last line you read
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) feeling very stressed (c) fruit and vegetables (d) a healthy breakfast
- 10.True or false: “studying very hungry” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
- 13.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) a good night’s sleep (c) reviewing after a week (d) reading it once only
- 14.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
- 15.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) no limit (b) hundreds (c) a whole book (d) only a few
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitting still all day (b) studying very hungry (c) a full night’s sleep (d) skipping breakfast
- 19.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a long TV show (b) an hour of games (c) a short walk or stretch (d) scrolling videos
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) three tasks at once (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
- 21.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 23.True or false: “explaining to a friend” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) directions told just now (b) your home address (c) a new word for a minute (d) a number you just heard
- 25.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 26.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “your home address” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the national anthem? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 31.True or false: “screens till midnight” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 32.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) you forget more
- 33.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) notes while listening (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
- 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 36.True or false: “your best friend’s name” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) never (c) next month (d) today or tomorrow
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) reviewing after a week (c) testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
- 39.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
Answer key
- True
- store it
- lets it fade
- memory can’t improve
- long-term memory
- helps you keep it
- staying up very late
- the last line you read
- feeling very stressed
- False
- breaks attention
- we forget without review
- reading it once only
- note it, then go back
- only a few
- 7
- sleep helps you learn
- a full night’s sleep
- a short walk or stretch
- notes while listening
- False
- step 1
- True
- your home address
- helps memory
- False
- False
- True
- False
- long-term memory
- True
- it slows down
- 5
- studying half-asleep
- step 1
- False
- today or tomorrow
- one long session only
- 5
- meaning makes it stick
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