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: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 2.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to make them longer (b) to change the number (c) no reason (d) fewer things to hold
- 3.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) making a picture of it (c) cramming the last night (d) one long session only
- 4.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) a desk full of toys (d) phone in another room
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short study breaks (b) hours with no break (c) an all-night cram (d) staying up very late
- 9.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) studying when sleepy (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reading it once only
- 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 11.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
- 13.True or false: “learning without meaning” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) next month (c) the exam night (d) today or tomorrow
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) how to swim (c) a carry while adding (d) your birthday
- 16.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing after a week (b) linking to what you know (c) testing yourself (d) skipping revision
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) an all-night cram (b) screens till midnight (c) hours with no break (d) a calm, happy mind
- 19.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 20.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) you keep what you notice (c) it makes you tired (d) it doesn’t matter
- 21.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) daydreaming in class (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 23.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) drinking enough water (c) screens till midnight (d) revising before bed
- 24.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a carry while adding (c) directions told just now (d) a number you just heard
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an all-night cram (b) staying up very late (c) screens till midnight (d) fruit and vegetables
- 26.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 28.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 30.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 31.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your friend (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
- 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
- 33.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) study even more (b) buy memory pills (c) tell a parent or doctor (d) ignore it
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) linking to what you know (c) cramming the last night (d) testing yourself
- 36.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter
- 37.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) muscle memory (c) no memory (d) long-term memory
- 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
- 40.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) a price you just heard (c) an OTP you just got (d) a new word for a minute
Answer key
- helps you keep it
- fewer things to hold
- making a picture of it
- 65
- reading it once only
- lets it fade
- phone in another room
- short study breaks
- a good night’s sleep
- lets it fade
- False
- something you understand
- False
- today or tomorrow
- a carry while adding
- not paying attention
- skipping revision
- a calm, happy mind
- False
- you keep what you notice
- True
- a clear, tidy desk
- screens till midnight
- your best friend’s name
- fruit and vegetables
- False
- step 2
- True
- step 1
- 16
- on the teacher and board
- keep it in memory
- tell a parent or doctor
- cramming lasts for years
- cramming the last night
- read it again, focused
- False
- short-term memory
- keep it in memory
- your birthday
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