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: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) no, never (d) yes, with good methods
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
- 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
- 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 7.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
- 8.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
- 9.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) reading it again (c) writing it neatly (d) bringing it back to mind
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) pills give super memory (d) practice improves memory
- 11.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: skipping breakfast? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to swim (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) a number you just heard (d) tables learned long ago
- 14.True or false: “playing outdoors” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to swim (b) a carry while adding (c) your home address (d) the national anthem
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) fruit and vegetables (c) playing outdoors (d) studying very hungry
- 17.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, in a week (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) a healthy breakfast (c) skipping breakfast (d) studying very hungry
- 19.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a short walk or stretch (b) a long TV show (c) an hour of games (d) scrolling videos
- 20.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) you forget more (d) it slows down
- 21.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
- 24.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) a price you just heard (c) the national anthem (d) a carry while adding
- 25.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
- 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 27.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) a full night’s sleep (c) skipping breakfast (d) staying up very late
- 30.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) revising before bed (c) hours with no break (d) short study breaks
- 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) skipping breakfast (c) drinking enough water (d) a calm, happy mind
- 33.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) memory can’t improve (d) everyone forgets things
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your mother tongue (b) your home address (c) your best friend’s name (d) directions told just now
- 37.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 38.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these helps your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) skipping breakfast (c) fruit and vegetables (d) sitting still all day
- 40.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- yes, with good methods
- one reading is enough
- pay attention
- a fact
- step 1
- meaning makes it stick
- you keep what you notice
- bringing it back to mind
- pills give super memory
- hurts memory
- 6
- a number you just heard
- False
- a carry while adding
- studying very hungry
- no, that is a myth
- a healthy breakfast
- a short walk or stretch
- it slows down
- hurts memory
- step 2
- a quiet place to study
- the national anthem
- cramming lasts for years
- a fact
- helps you keep it
- a fact
- a full night’s sleep
- hours with no break
- step 1
- skipping breakfast
- 10
- breaks attention
- everyone forgets things
- directions told just now
- helps memory
- True
- fruit and vegetables
- True
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