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 step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 2.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) a quiet place to study (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
- 3.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) three tasks at once (c) a quiet place to study (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) an OTP you just got (c) the national anthem (d) your birthday
- 8.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 9.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 10.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 11.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 12.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) today or tomorrow (b) next month (c) the exam night (d) never
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) short planned breaks (d) chatting in class
- 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) everyone forgets things (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) screens till midnight (b) sitting still all day (c) staying up very late (d) a healthy breakfast
- 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 19.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) a carry while adding (c) a price you just heard (d) a new word for a minute
- 20.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 22.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) water and a short break (b) give up for the day (c) keep going for hours (d) eat lots of sweets
- 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
- 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
- 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) memory can’t improve
- 26.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) an all-night cram (c) short study breaks (d) a full night’s sleep
- 29.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 30.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
- 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 33.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) drinking enough water (c) playing outdoors (d) an all-night cram
- 34.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 36.True or false: “playing outdoors” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: feeling very stressed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 38.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) memory is fixed (c) we never forget (d) forgetting starts late
- 39.True or false: “the national anthem” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
Answer key
- step 1
- a quiet place to study
- True
- True
- three tasks at once
- helps you keep it
- an OTP you just got
- helps memory
- 2
- True
- helps memory
- today or tomorrow
- chatting in class
- helps attention
- lets it fade
- good memory is just luck
- a healthy breakfast
- a fact
- the national anthem
- False
- a myth
- water and a short break
- memory can’t improve
- a goal for each session
- everyone forgets things
- helps you keep it
- scrolling while reading
- an all-night cram
- long-term memory
- note it, then go back
- a fact
- helps you keep it
- an all-night cram
- 3
- a fact
- False
- hurts memory
- we forget fast at first
- True
- not paying attention
Free memory techniques lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/memory-techniques-for-students