Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 75 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) your birthday (c) tables learned long ago (d) your mother tongue
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) learning without meaning (c) cramming the last night (d) a good night’s sleep
3. 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
5. 5.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the last line you read (b) your home address (c) a price you just heard (d) directions told just now
7. 7.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we never forget (c) memory is fixed (d) we forget fast at first
8. 8.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
9. 9.True or false: “your mother tongue” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “hours with no break” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) games open on screen (c) short planned breaks (d) daydreaming in class
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) a good night’s sleep (c) linking to what you know (d) learning without meaning
16. 16.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) how to swim (c) tables learned long ago (d) a carry while adding
17. 17.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to make them longer (b) fewer things to hold (c) no reason (d) to change the number
18. 18.True or false: “an all-night cram” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
21. 21.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
22. 22.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) recall, store, notice (c) notice, store, recall (d) read, write, sleep
24. 24.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) today or tomorrow (c) never (d) next month
26. 26.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) linking to what you know (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
28. 28.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
29. 29.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
30. 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
31. 31.True or false: “one long session only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on your friend
33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
34. 34.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
35. 35.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) no limit (b) a whole book (c) hundreds (d) only a few
36. 36.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it helps learning stick (b) it wastes time (c) it is only for babies (d) it erases memory
37. 37.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
39. 39.True or false: “your birthday” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker

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