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.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a far-off still tree (c) a dull white wall (d) a bus made of ice
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, mirror, frog, banana, candle is “Green Mice ___ Bakes Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Under (c) Mum (d) Funny
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo rolls into a net; the net chases a fan; the fan bounces onto a needle; the needle falls into an umpire. Which item comes right before the net? (a) igloo (b) fan (c) net (d) needle
- 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 7.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 9.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 65 (b) 68 (c) 63 (d) 66
- 12.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) studying when sleepy (c) learning without meaning (d) reviewing the next day
- 13.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
- 14.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a mango that sings
- 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 16.👋 You meet a new classmate called Shanti. The name means “peace”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a dove of peace (b) sitting on a cloud (c) riding a big sea wave (d) in soft moonlight
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a giant pink elephant (d) the word in small print
- 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 19.True or false: “only easy subjects” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it saves ink (b) no reason (c) quick to see and recall (d) it looks empty
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, parrot, lemon, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PLRF (b) PFLR (c) RLPF (d) FPLR
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 23.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) hide them (b) ignore them (c) review them, test again (d) start a new topic
- 24.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 6, the tens digit is 6 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 6. What is 9 × 6?
- 25.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) using it in a sum (c) one long session only (d) making a picture of it
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an onion by the slide, a jug by the park gate, a frog by the fruit cart, a drum by the banyan tree, a guava by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) drum (b) onion (c) guava (d) jug
- 28.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 30.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) nowhere (c) only your notebook (d) long-term memory
- 31.True or false: “writing it down later” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) I AM eating a mango
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: lines that link ideas? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 36.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a dull white wall
- 39.🏰 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
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) tasting bitter karela (c) tasting salty chips (d) feeling a prickly cactus
Answer key
- False
- a bus made of ice
- Funny
- ELPA
- igloo
- helps attention
- a smart way
- keep linking in order
- active recall
- 7
- 65
- reviewing the next day
- 27
- the word in small print
- first letters as a word
- holding a dove of peace
- the word in small print
- a myth
- True
- quick to see and recall
- FPLR
- link it to the meaning
- review them, test again
- 54
- the method of loci
- one long session only
- jug
- True
- a CHUBBY key
- long-term memory
- True
- I AM eating a mango
- step 4
- a rhyme
- a good mind map
- True
- chunking
- a sock that smells awful
- fix stops in order
- feeling a prickly cactus
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