Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test
Memory tip (Notice, link, review): Find the topic: memory basics, a mnemonic, a picture or place method, or a study habit. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For sums: add gaps to the learning day, wrong answers = all − right, revision days = days − learning days.
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- 1.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a plain grey box (d) a far-off still tree
- 2.🃏 You test yourself on 13 spellings and get 10 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
- 4.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 7, the tens digit is 7 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 7. What is 9 × 7?
- 5.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 6.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 9.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 10.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) frame it (c) colour it again (d) redraw it from memory
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spare days for doubts (b) only easy subjects (c) starts weeks early (d) sleep time kept
- 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) make seeds (c) hold the plant firm (d) grow under the ground
- 17.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) make it small and plain (c) make it grey (d) keep it still
- 18.🔢 Use the pattern of the 11 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 11 times table? (a) 76 (b) 77 (c) 78 (d) 87
- 19.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 20.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it is faster to read (b) tests are just fun (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only easy subjects (b) late nights every day (c) one subject all week (d) has short breaks
- 22.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) no — habits help most (b) yes, sugar does (c) yes, energy drinks (d) yes, many do
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) fast (c) cold (d) free
- 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) notes while listening (c) scrolling while reading (d) daydreaming in class
- 25.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
- 27.True or false: “all reviews on one day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) green (d) yellow
- 29.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) main (c) plane (d) well
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) scrolling while reading (c) games open on screen (d) a desk full of toys
- 32.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) cramming the last night (c) a good night’s sleep (d) learning without meaning
- 35.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, violin, duck? (a) Vans Crazy Dance (b) Vans Dance Crazy (c) Crazy Vans Dance (d) Dance Vans Crazy
- 37.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 38.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) learnt (d) done
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (b) Cook Eight Pigs Cook (c) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cook Eight
Answer key
- a frog wearing a crown
- 3
- RSLF
- 63
- means something to you
- True
- lets it fade
- short-term memory
- a good mind map
- redraw it from memory
- only easy subjects
- fix stops in order
- ELPA
- chunking
- ECPC
- make seeds
- make it big and funny
- 77
- 3
- recalling makes it stick
- has short breaks
- no — habits help most
- free
- notes while listening
- put pictures at stops
- NESW
- True
- indigo
- False
- well
- eyes on the speaker
- True
- False
- a good night’s sleep
- False
- Crazy Vans Dance
- True
- helps memory
- done
- Eight Cook Pigs Cook
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