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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 2.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) using it in a sentence (b) rushing the greeting (c) thinking of your reply (d) never using the name
- 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 5.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “very pretty”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) beautiful (b) beautifull (c) butiful (d) beatiful
- 7.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 8.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 9.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only once a year
- 10.True or false: “not asking again” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a plain grey box (c) a dull white wall (d) a kite as big as a house
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinking of your reply (b) noticing the face (c) linking it to a picture (d) asking how to spell it
- 13.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umpire by the slide, a ball by the fruit cart, a pillow by the park gate, a sock by the swing, an igloo by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) sock (c) ball (d) pillow
- 15.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 16.🃏 You test yourself on 14 flashcards and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 17.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 18.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 20.👋 You meet a new classmate called Akash. The name means “sky”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) hair blown by the wind (b) holding a dove of peace (c) floating up in the sky (d) wearing a shiny star
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting salty chips (b) stroking soft fur (c) hearing a whistle (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 22.True or false: “one long session only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) a colour for each branch (c) lines that link ideas (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow tickles a goat; the goat pulls a shoe; the shoe crashes into a glass; the glass sits on a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) glass (b) shoe (c) goat (d) pillow
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare days (b) no time for review (c) has short breaks (d) starts the night before
- 27.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) touch (b) sight (c) smell (d) taste
- 28.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest rolls into a ball; the ball tickles a monkey; the monkey falls into a lemon; the lemon chases a vase. Which item comes right before the vase? (a) ball (b) vase (c) lemon (d) monkey
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a flute by the school gate, an urn by the notice board, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the stairs, an ant by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) urn (b) flute (c) tent (d) drum
- 31.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) note it, then go back (d) think about it more
- 32.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all reviews on one day (b) starting the exam eve (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) one huge session
- 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) brain (b) bright (c) run (d) spell
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 35.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.📅 The digits 17121986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/1219/86 (b) 1712/19/86 (c) 17/12/1986 (d) 171/219/86
- 39.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) bell (d) tree
- 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- initials match the list
- False
- using it in a sentence
- step 1
- True
- beautiful
- 5
- hear the new word
- yes, with new pictures
- True
- a kite as big as a house
- thinking of your reply
- False
- igloo
- 5
- 8
- replay the story
- False
- False
- floating up in the sky
- hearing a whistle
- False
- helps you keep it
- tiny, cramped writing
- pillow
- has short breaks
- smell
- long-term memory
- lemon
- tent
- note it, then go back
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- run
- choose a place you know
- 4
- breaks attention
- an acronym
- 17/12/1986
- tree
- True
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