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.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) using it in a sum (c) reading it once only (d) making a picture of it
- 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) screens till midnight (c) playing outdoors (d) revising before bed
- 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) sleep helps you learn
- 8.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) screens till midnight (c) playing outdoors (d) skipping breakfast
- 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 10.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) sleep helps you learn
- 14.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) for years (c) until next month (d) only a short while
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) reviewing after a week (c) explaining to a friend (d) one long session only
- 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 17.True or false: “directions told just now” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
- 19.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 21.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) no — habits help most (b) yes, many do (c) yes, energy drinks (d) yes, sugar does
- 22.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it slows down (c) it speeds up (d) you forget more
- 23.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “using it in a sum” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 26.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) only your notebook (b) nowhere (c) long-term memory (d) short-term memory
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) attention comes first (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn
- 28.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) short study breaks (c) sitting still all day (d) drinking enough water
- 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room
- 30.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 32.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
- 34.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
- 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 37.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) reading it once only (c) never testing yourself (d) one long session only
Answer key
- False
- 2
- reading it once only
- helps attention
- screens till midnight
- step 3
- pills give super memory
- playing outdoors
- a fact
- True
- helps you keep it
- helps attention
- some kids never forget
- only a short while
- one long session only
- breaks attention
- False
- we forget without review
- True
- step 3
- no — habits help most
- it slows down
- True
- True
- helps attention
- long-term memory
- you keep all you read
- sitting still all day
- phone in another room
- False
- False
- 8
- store it
- False
- not paying attention
- a myth
- 13
- step 1
- everyone forgets things
- using it in a sum
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students