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.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) cramming the last night (c) explaining to a friend (d) a good night’s sleep
- 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pictures stick better
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) a goal for each session (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) scrolling while reading
- 4.True or false: “short study breaks” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 5.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
- 7.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) no limit (b) only a few (c) a whole book (d) hundreds
- 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) notes while listening (c) TV on while studying (d) phone in another room
- 10.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
- 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 13.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) sleep helps you learn (c) meaning makes it stick (d) good memory is just luck
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a price you just heard (b) directions told just now (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) a carry while adding
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) a quiet place to study (d) three tasks at once
- 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 18.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) a healthy breakfast (c) skipping breakfast (d) fruit and vegetables
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) some kids never forget (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
- 20.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reading it once only (b) using it in a sum (c) making a picture of it (d) reviewing the next day
- 21.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) today or tomorrow (c) next month (d) never
- 22.True or false: “your birthday” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
- 24.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 25.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 26.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 27.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
- 28.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) memory is fixed (c) forgetting starts late (d) we never forget
- 29.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) skipping breakfast (c) fruit and vegetables (d) a healthy breakfast
- 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an OTP you just got (b) directions told just now (c) your home address (d) the last line you read
- 33.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) cramming the last night (c) skipping revision (d) reviewing the next day
- 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 36.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) tell a parent or doctor (b) study even more (c) buy memory pills (d) ignore it
- 37.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you are not smart (b) you need a review (c) memory is broken (d) you should give up
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 39.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) only your notebook (b) long-term memory (c) nowhere (d) short-term memory
- 40.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- cramming the last night
- cramming lasts for years
- scrolling while reading
- False
- helps memory
- keep it in memory
- only a few
- step 3
- TV on while studying
- True
- notice, store, recall
- step 1
- short-term memory
- good memory is just luck
- how to ride a bicycle
- a quiet place to study
- breaks attention
- skipping breakfast
- some kids never forget
- reading it once only
- today or tomorrow
- True
- sleep helps you learn
- short-term memory
- 50
- True
- read it again, focused
- we forget fast at first
- 3
- skipping breakfast
- a myth
- your home address
- 4
- reviewing the next day
- helps attention
- tell a parent or doctor
- you need a review
- a myth
- long-term memory
- False
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