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 helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) studying half-asleep (d) short planned breaks
- 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
- 3.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reading it once only (b) using it in a sum (c) making a picture of it (d) testing yourself
- 4.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the national anthem? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) we forget without review
- 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 7.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) an all-night cram (b) a full night’s sleep (c) short study breaks (d) a calm, happy mind
- 8.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a healthy breakfast? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 10.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) drinking enough water (c) sitting still all day (d) studying very hungry
- 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
- 13.True or false: “your best friend’s name” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) reviewing the next day (c) making a picture of it (d) reviewing after a week
- 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) pictures stick better
- 18.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 19.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 20.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
- 21.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) in the first day or two
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
- 23.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) one long session only (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
- 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 26.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 28.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) how to swim (b) a price you just heard (c) the last line you read (d) a new word for a minute
- 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) you keep all you read
- 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 31.🧠 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) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
- 32.True or false: “revising before bed” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 34.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) only your notebook (c) nowhere (d) long-term memory
- 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
- 36.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a carry while adding (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) your mother tongue (d) the national anthem
- 37.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) linking to what you know (c) reading it once only (d) skipping revision
- 38.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) the exam night (c) next month (d) today or tomorrow
- 39.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) you forget more (c) it speeds up (d) it slows down
- 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
Answer key
- short planned breaks
- practice improves memory
- reading it once only
- long-term memory
- good memory is just luck
- helps attention
- an all-night cram
- helps memory
- helps you keep it
- drinking enough water
- keep it in memory
- meaning makes it stick
- True
- long-term memory
- breaks attention
- studying when sleepy
- pictures stick better
- 5
- 8
- taking short notes
- in the first day or two
- notes while listening
- 80
- a good night’s sleep
- helps attention
- True
- lets it fade
- how to swim
- sleep helps you learn
- helps you keep it
- not paying attention
- False
- short-term memory
- long-term memory
- testing yourself helps
- a carry while adding
- linking to what you know
- today or tomorrow
- it slows down
- a fact
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