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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) never testing yourself (c) linking to what you know (d) skipping revision
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) studying very hungry (c) revising before bed (d) drinking enough water
- 4.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 5.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 6.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) studying half-asleep (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 8.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) you forget more (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
- 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) sleep helps you learn (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
- 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) checking messages (c) daydreaming in class (d) short planned breaks
- 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
- 13.True or false: “sitting still all day” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 15.Which of these helps your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) staying up very late (c) hours with no break (d) drinking enough water
- 16.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) a full night’s sleep (c) drinking enough water (d) feeling very stressed
- 17.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 19.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) looking at the clock (c) chatting quietly (d) doodling cartoons
- 20.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 23.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) cramming the last night (c) one long session only (d) testing yourself
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
- 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 28.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 29.True or false: “reviewing after a week” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) memory is fixed (c) we never forget (d) forgetting starts late
- 31.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 32.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, many do (b) no — habits help most (c) yes, sugar does (d) yes, energy drinks
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) studying half-asleep (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
- 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 35.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) revising before bed (c) screens till midnight (d) an all-night cram
- 36.True or false: “hours with no break” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 38.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 39.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 40.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
Answer key
- testing yourself helps
- linking to what you know
- studying very hungry
- 16
- helps memory
- 5
- a clear, tidy desk
- it slows down
- helps you keep it
- some kids never forget
- short planned breaks
- cramming lasts for years
- False
- lets it fade
- drinking enough water
- feeling very stressed
- False
- breaks attention
- taking short notes
- False
- False
- a myth
- testing yourself
- 9
- helps you keep it
- pay attention
- step 3
- 15
- False
- we forget fast at first
- helps memory
- no — habits help most
- notes while listening
- a fact
- revising before bed
- False
- helps you keep it
- hurts memory
- False
- 60
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