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: using it in a sum? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 2.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
- 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 5.True or false: “a carry while adding” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) until next month (b) for years (c) only a short while (d) forever
- 7.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hope for the best (b) review and use it often (c) read it once (d) hear it once
- 8.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) testing yourself (b) one long session only (c) never testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
- 10.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 11.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your mother tongue (b) a number you just heard (c) the national anthem (d) tables learned long ago
- 13.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) skipping revision (c) one long session only (d) reading it once only
- 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
- 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 17.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) drinking enough water (c) fruit and vegetables (d) a full night’s sleep
- 19.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 21.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) an hour of games (b) scrolling videos (c) a short walk or stretch (d) a long TV show
- 22.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) a calm, happy mind (c) playing outdoors (d) short study breaks
- 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) pills give super memory
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) games open on screen (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
- 25.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
- 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) pictures stick better
- 28.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 29.👀 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) skip the chapter (d) read it faster
- 30.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 31.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) using it in a sum (c) linking to what you know (d) skipping revision
- 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
- 34.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) the brain is broken
- 35.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) daydreaming in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) studying half-asleep
- 37.Which of these helps your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) screens till midnight (c) staying up very late (d) drinking enough water
- 38.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) today or tomorrow (c) next month (d) the exam night
- 40.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
Answer key
- helps you keep it
- note it, then go back
- helps attention
- helps you keep it
- True
- only a short while
- review and use it often
- True
- testing yourself
- long-term memory
- hurts memory
- a number you just heard
- reviewing after a week
- a fact
- attention comes first
- lets it fade
- False
- staying up very late
- helps you keep it
- breaks attention
- a short walk or stretch
- skipping breakfast
- pills give super memory
- eyes on the speaker
- short-term memory
- memory can’t improve
- some kids never forget
- long-term memory
- read it again, focused
- 80
- False
- skipping revision
- keep it in memory
- we never reviewed them
- 4
- a quiet place to study
- drinking enough water
- False
- today or tomorrow
- 70
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