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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) TV on while studying (c) one task at a time (d) notes while listening
- 3.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) hundreds (c) no limit (d) only a few
- 4.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) the last line you read (c) your mother tongue (d) your home address
- 9.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 10.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
- 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
- 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) scrolling while reading (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
- 13.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) cramming the last night (c) linking to what you know (d) reading it once only
- 15.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) forgetting starts late (c) we never forget (d) memory is fixed
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) a good night’s sleep (c) reviewing the next day (d) explaining to a friend
- 17.True or false: “short study breaks” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
- 19.👀 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
- 20.True or false: “studying very hungry” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “screens till midnight” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) cramming the last night (c) skipping revision (d) reviewing the next day
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) the national anthem (c) your mother tongue (d) a price you just heard
- 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 26.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) names can’t be learned
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) reading it once only (d) explaining to a friend
- 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) asking a question (d) checking messages
- 30.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) an OTP you just got (c) the national anthem (d) how to swim
- 31.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) short study breaks (c) skipping breakfast (d) a healthy breakfast
- 32.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 33.Which of these helps your memory? (a) screens till midnight (b) a full night’s sleep (c) hours with no break (d) skipping breakfast
- 34.True or false: “feeling very stressed” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “an all-night cram” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) a quiet place to study
- 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 39.True or false: “directions told just now” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- helps you keep it
- TV on while studying
- only a few
- False
- a fact
- helps you keep it
- True
- the last line you read
- False
- read it again, focused
- store it
- phone in another room
- False
- linking to what you know
- we forget fast at first
- skipping revision
- True
- we forget without review
- note it, then go back
- False
- True
- reviewing the next day
- a price you just heard
- lets it fade
- a myth
- not paying attention
- explaining to a friend
- helps attention
- checking messages
- an OTP you just got
- skipping breakfast
- 11
- a full night’s sleep
- False
- False
- 11
- checking messages
- helps attention
- True
- False
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students