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.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 3.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 5.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) buy new pens (b) copy a friend (c) start the last day (d) write the exam dates
- 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 9.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “how hot or cold it is”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) tempreture (b) temperature (c) temperture (d) temprature
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a desk full of toys (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a goal for each session
- 11.True or false: “a calm, happy mind” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 14.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 481278516076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4812 8751 6076 (b) 4812 7851 66076 (c) 4812 7851 6076 (d) 4127 8516 076
- 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 17.Which of these is passive review? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) blank-page recall (c) quizzing with cards (d) closed-book writing
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 19.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) skip it (b) copy it blindly (c) picture a tiled floor (d) read it once
- 20.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) no reason (b) fewer things to hold (c) to make them longer (d) to change the number
- 21.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) playing outdoors (c) revising before bed (d) staying up very late
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hands in icy water (b) hearing a drum boom (c) tasting bitter karela (d) smelling jasmine
- 23.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) tree (d) clock
- 24.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “what you know”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) knowladge (b) knowledge (c) nowledge (d) knowlege
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) ideas with no links (c) long sentences (d) small doodles
- 26.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, violin, flute? (a) Wise Vans Funny (b) Vans Funny Wise (c) Funny Vans Wise (d) Vans Wise Funny
- 28.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it down later (b) using it in a sentence (c) thinking of your reply (d) asking how to spell it
- 31.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 33.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) tree (d) rain
- 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
- 35.True or false: “copying a whole page” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) smelling wet earth (c) tasting raw mango (d) stroking soft fur
- 37.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) everyone forgets things (c) memory can’t improve (d) cramming lasts for years
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, parrot, igloo? (a) My Pigs Ink (b) Pigs My Ink (c) Ink Pigs My (d) Pigs Ink My
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a frog by the park gate, a spoon by the swing, a tent by the slide, an umpire by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the banyan tree. What did you place by the slide? (a) spoon (b) umpire (c) umbrella (d) tent
Answer key
- a myth
- a rhyme
- three chunks, not ten
- step 4
- True
- True
- write the exam dates
- step 2
- temperature
- a desk full of toys
- False
- Mercury
- in the same order
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- 4812 7851 6076
- saffron
- re-reading the chapter
- step 3
- picture a tiled floor
- fewer things to hold
- staying up very late
- hearing a drum boom
- night
- knowledge
- small doodles
- the rainbow colours
- Wise Vans Funny
- on the teacher and board
- step 2
- thinking of your reply
- True
- step 4
- clock
- some kids never forget
- True
- smelling wet earth
- everyone forgets things
- My Pigs Ink
- step 4
- tent
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