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 of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) sleep helps you learn (c) we forget without review (d) some kids never forget
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
- 3.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) fruit and vegetables (c) staying up very late (d) drinking enough water
- 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) short planned breaks (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
- 9.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) reviewing after a week (c) reading it once only (d) learning without meaning
- 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 11.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) revising before bed (c) fruit and vegetables (d) studying very hungry
- 13.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it makes you tired (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
- 14.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) give up for the day (b) eat lots of sweets (c) water and a short break (d) keep going for hours
- 15.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
- 16.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very stressed (b) short study breaks (c) an all-night cram (d) sitting still all day
- 19.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these helps your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) feeling very stressed (c) hours with no break (d) a calm, happy mind
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a price you just heard (b) a new word for a minute (c) your mother tongue (d) the last line you read
- 22.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
- 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
- 25.📅 You learn the parts of a flower 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?
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) skipping revision (c) reviewing the next day (d) learning without meaning
- 27.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) short planned breaks
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitting still all day (b) screens till midnight (c) a healthy breakfast (d) feeling very stressed
- 29.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 30.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) reading it once only (c) explaining to a friend (d) one long session only
- 31.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 32.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
- 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
- 35.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 36.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 38.True or false: “short study breaks” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 39.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 40.😴 You go to bed at 8:30 PM and wake up at 4:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
Answer key
- some kids never forget
- one task at a time
- put it in another room
- helps you keep it
- staying up very late
- breaks attention
- checking messages
- practice improves memory
- reviewing after a week
- helps you keep it
- False
- studying very hungry
- you keep what you notice
- water and a short break
- not paying attention
- 60
- breaks attention
- short study breaks
- False
- a calm, happy mind
- your mother tongue
- True
- memory can’t improve
- keep it in memory
- 15
- reviewing the next day
- scrolling while reading
- a healthy breakfast
- helps memory
- explaining to a friend
- 17
- a quiet place to study
- a myth
- testing yourself helps
- helps memory
- yes, with good methods
- helps you keep it
- True
- hurts memory
- 8
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