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.🧠 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
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 3.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 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) checking messages (b) games open on screen (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) three tasks at once
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) a number you just heard (c) a new word for a minute (d) your birthday
- 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 10.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) looking at the clock
- 11.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) only in exams (b) in the first day or two (c) after ten years (d) never
- 14.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 16.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: feeling very stressed? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 17.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) only a few (c) no limit (d) hundreds
- 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
- 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 20.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 21.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 23.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) practice improves memory (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
- 26.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 27.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
- 29.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) a calm, happy mind (c) a full night’s sleep (d) staying up very late
- 31.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) skip sleep and dinner (b) revise, then sleep well (c) play games all night (d) study all night
- 32.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) directions told just now (c) an OTP you just got (d) your mother tongue
- 33.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) eat lots of sweets (b) water and a short break (c) keep going for hours (d) give up for the day
- 34.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) note it, then go back (c) think about it more (d) give up studying
- 35.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) playing outdoors (c) drinking enough water (d) feeling very stressed
- 36.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) reading it again (d) bringing it back to mind
- 39.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) an OTP you just got (c) how to swim (d) a carry while adding
- 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
Answer key
- we never reviewed them
- hurts memory
- 11
- helps attention
- a clear, tidy desk
- your birthday
- step 3
- a myth
- lets it fade
- taking short notes
- True
- False
- in the first day or two
- 50
- lets it fade
- hurts memory
- only a few
- notes while listening
- step 2
- helps you keep it
- 13
- helps attention
- long-term memory
- good memory is just luck
- some kids never forget
- long-term memory
- short-term memory
- notice it
- False
- staying up very late
- revise, then sleep well
- your mother tongue
- water and a short break
- note it, then go back
- feeling very stressed
- False
- True
- bringing it back to mind
- how to swim
- helps attention
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