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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) everyone forgets things (c) good memory is just luck (d) attention comes first
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your birthday (c) a price you just heard (d) your home address
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) revising before bed (b) hours with no break (c) fruit and vegetables (d) playing outdoors
- 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
- 7.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) TV on while studying (c) scrolling while reading (d) phone in another room
- 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 10.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) a carry while adding (c) an OTP you just got (d) directions told just now
- 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 13.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
- 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 16.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) your best friend’s name (c) a carry while adding (d) directions told just now
- 17.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
- 18.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) long-term memory (c) muscle memory (d) short-term memory
- 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
- 20.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 21.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
- 23.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) skip sleep and dinner (b) revise, then sleep well (c) study all night (d) play games all night
- 24.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 25.True or false: “a carry while adding” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 26.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) eat lots of sweets (b) keep going for hours (c) water and a short break (d) give up for the day
- 27.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) tables learned long ago (d) your birthday
- 28.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) hundreds (c) no limit (d) only a few
- 29.True or false: “an all-night cram” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 34.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 35.True or false: “a healthy breakfast” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
- 37.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you are not smart (b) you need a review (c) you should give up (d) memory is broken
- 38.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) learning without meaning (c) reading it once only (d) linking to what you know
- 39.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) we forget fast at first (c) memory is fixed (d) forgetting starts late
- 40.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
Answer key
- long-term memory
- good memory is just luck
- a price you just heard
- helps you keep it
- hours with no break
- keep it in memory
- helps memory
- phone in another room
- a fact
- your birthday
- step 1
- helps attention
- True
- store it
- helps attention
- your best friend’s name
- we never reviewed them
- short-term memory
- you keep what you notice
- short-term memory
- put it in another room
- some kids never forget
- revise, then sleep well
- 14
- True
- water and a short break
- a number you just heard
- only a few
- False
- scrolling while reading
- long-term memory
- helps attention
- helps attention
- long-term memory
- False
- notice it
- you need a review
- linking to what you know
- we forget fast at first
- on the teacher and board
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students