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.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 2.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) today or tomorrow (b) the exam night (c) next month (d) never
- 3.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) how to swim (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) an OTP you just got
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) never testing yourself (d) reviewing the next day
- 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) scrolling while reading
- 9.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) short planned breaks (d) scrolling while reading
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) checking messages
- 11.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) no limit (c) a whole book (d) hundreds
- 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 13.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
- 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 15.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) the last line you read (c) how to swim (d) your birthday
- 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
- 17.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
- 18.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 20.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
- 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) checking messages
- 23.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
- 24.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory (c) nowhere (d) only your notebook
- 25.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) give up for the day (b) keep going for hours (c) water and a short break (d) eat lots of sweets
- 26.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) testing yourself (c) explaining to a friend (d) linking to what you know
- 28.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 29.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) until next month (b) only a short while (c) for years (d) forever
- 30.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) in the first day or two (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) never
- 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
- 32.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) feeling very stressed (c) a healthy breakfast (d) a full night’s sleep
- 34.Which of these helps your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) feeling very stressed (c) a healthy breakfast (d) screens till midnight
- 35.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 36.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 37.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it faster
- 38.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the national anthem? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
- 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
Answer key
- a fact
- today or tomorrow
- an OTP you just got
- lets it fade
- lets it fade
- never testing yourself
- a myth
- a goal for each session
- short planned breaks
- checking messages
- only a few
- a fact
- something you understand
- step 1
- the last line you read
- pay attention
- you keep what you notice
- False
- 10
- note it, then go back
- a fact
- checking messages
- put it in another room
- long-term memory
- water and a short break
- we never reviewed them
- one long session only
- long-term memory
- only a short while
- in the first day or two
- pay attention
- 14
- feeling very stressed
- a healthy breakfast
- 9
- 70
- read it again, focused
- long-term memory
- games open on screen
- no, that is a myth
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