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.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball pulls a tent; the tent bounces onto an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over an igloo; the igloo falls into a rose. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) rose (b) ball (c) inkpot (d) igloo
- 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 4.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) never test it (b) wait a month (c) review it sooner (d) throw it away for good
- 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 12 (b) days 7, 10, 12 (c) days 4, 6, 8 (d) days 4, 7, 12
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) tables learned long ago (c) your birthday (d) the last line you read
- 7.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, by staring hard (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill
- 8.True or false: “reviewing after a week” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cram it the last night (b) use it in a few sums (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) mix up the letters
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern
- 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 15.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 11 (b) days 8, 10, 11 (c) days 6, 8, 11 (d) days 8, 11, 14
- 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) thing (b) won (c) free (d) tell
- 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) only listening again (c) blank-page recall (d) watching it again
- 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
- 20.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reviewing with gaps (b) never reviewing (c) reading it 10 times now (d) reviewing once
- 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) re-reading the chapter
- 22.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump My Aunty (b) Jump Funny My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jump (d) Funny My Aunty Jump
- 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 26.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no spare days (b) one subject all week (c) starts the night before (d) old topics come back
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 29.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) see shapes (c) taste sweet (d) smell food
- 31.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 71 (b) 73 (c) 74 (d) 72
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Lazy Pigs Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Dance (c) Bunny (d) Eat
- 34.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 8, 11, 18 (b) all on day 18 (c) days 13, 16, 18 (d) days 8, 10, 12
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) studying half-asleep (c) scrolling while reading (d) asking a question
- 36.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 7, 9 (b) days 7, 9, 10 (c) days 4, 6, 10 (d) all on day 10
- 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
- 38.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a mind map
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, drum, key, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDKV (b) DKVS (c) VKDS (d) DSKV
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never use it in sums (b) draw a labelled picture (c) mix up the letters (d) read it once
Answer key
- fix stops in order
- ball
- picture the first item
- review it sooner
- days 4, 7, 12
- the last line you read
- no, that is a myth
- False
- NESW
- use it in a few sums
- a list in a fixed order
- Southern
- helps attention
- choose a place you know
- True
- days 6, 8, 11
- tell
- blank-page recall
- you keep what you notice
- reviewing with gaps
- closed-book writing
- False
- True
- Jump Funny My Aunty
- link it to the next item
- old topics come back
- a first-letter sentence
- what each letter means
- helps you keep it
- taste sweet
- False
- 72
- Eat
- days 8, 11, 18
- asking a question
- days 4, 6, 10
- Mercury
- an acronym
- SDKV
- draw a labelled picture
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