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: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
- 3.True or false: “a healthy breakfast” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) good memory is just luck
- 5.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 6.True or false: “your mother tongue” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
- 8.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 10.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) studying when sleepy (c) testing yourself (d) reviewing after a week
- 11.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) skipping revision (c) cramming the last night (d) reviewing the next day
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
- 13.True or false: “directions told just now” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “your birthday” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) your birthday (c) a number you just heard (d) the national anthem
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
- 20.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) muscle memory (b) short-term memory (c) long-term memory (d) no memory
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) screens till midnight (c) a healthy breakfast (d) playing outdoors
- 22.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) memory is broken (b) you are not smart (c) you should give up (d) you need a review
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing after a week (b) linking to what you know (c) a good night’s sleep (d) cramming the last night
- 24.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 26.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 27.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: skipping breakfast? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 28.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying very hungry (b) a calm, happy mind (c) a full night’s sleep (d) revising before bed
- 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 31.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) cramming the last night (c) using it in a sum (d) explaining to a friend
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 34.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) screens till midnight (c) a healthy breakfast (d) revising before bed
- 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) daydreaming in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) phone in another room
- 37.Which of these helps your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) skipping breakfast (c) screens till midnight (d) sitting still all day
- 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 39.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) never testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
Answer key
- helps you keep it
- store it
- False
- good memory is just luck
- 10
- False
- we never reviewed them
- 9
- long-term memory
- studying when sleepy
- reviewing the next day
- meaning makes it stick
- False
- True
- False
- True
- a number you just heard
- eyes on the speaker
- memory can’t improve
- short-term memory
- screens till midnight
- you need a review
- cramming the last night
- False
- a myth
- False
- hurts memory
- long-term memory
- studying very hungry
- helps attention
- cramming the last night
- lets it fade
- helps attention
- screens till midnight
- a myth
- phone in another room
- playing outdoors
- step 2
- long-term memory
- a good night’s sleep
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students