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.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitting still all day (b) an all-night cram (c) staying up very late (d) fruit and vegetables
- 3.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 6.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 8:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 7.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 8.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) skipping revision (c) testing yourself (d) never testing yourself
- 10.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: revising before bed? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 11.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
- 13.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 14.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) linking to what you know (c) testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
- 15.Which of these helps your memory? (a) screens till midnight (b) sitting still all day (c) drinking enough water (d) hours with no break
- 16.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) how to swim (b) directions told just now (c) a price you just heard (d) a new word for a minute
- 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
- 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) playing outdoors (c) an all-night cram (d) drinking enough water
- 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) chatting in class (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
- 23.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) never testing yourself (c) learning without meaning (d) skipping revision
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
- 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 26.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 27.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 28.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, many do (b) yes, sugar does (c) no — habits help most (d) yes, energy drinks
- 29.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 31.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) you forget more (c) nothing changes (d) it slows down
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) fruit and vegetables (c) drinking enough water (d) hours with no break
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) using it in a sum (c) studying when sleepy (d) one long session only
- 34.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 35.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) never testing yourself (c) a good night’s sleep (d) explaining to a friend
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) phone in another room (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
- 39.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 40.😴 You go to bed at 10:00 PM and wake up at 7:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
Answer key
- a fact
- fruit and vegetables
- False
- breaks attention
- step 1
- 10
- 8
- True
- testing yourself
- helps memory
- True
- practice improves memory
- short-term memory
- studying when sleepy
- drinking enough water
- how to swim
- some kids never forget
- a myth
- helps attention
- an all-night cram
- checking messages
- a clear, tidy desk
- a good night’s sleep
- short planned breaks
- step 2
- 70
- True
- no — habits help most
- False
- False
- it slows down
- hours with no break
- using it in a sum
- 12
- False
- meaning makes it stick
- never testing yourself
- three tasks at once
- helps you keep it
- 9
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