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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 166 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “what you know”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) knowlege (b) knowladge (c) nowledge (d) knowledge
  2. 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  3. 3.🃏 You test yourself on 13 spellings and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  4. 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pink All (b) All Pink Lazy Eat (c) Lazy Pink All Eat (d) Lazy Eat Pink All
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) skip what letters mean (c) see where it comes from (d) test yourself weekly
  7. 7.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) hundreds (b) no limit (c) only a few (d) a whole book
  8. 8.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) never using the name (b) thinking of your reply (c) writing it down later (d) hearing it only once
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) a quiet place to study (c) a goal for each session (d) three tasks at once
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a far-off still tree (c) a mango that sings (d) a dull white wall
  11. 11.True or false: “an all-night cram” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a plain grey box (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a bright red flying cow
  13. 13.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 2301702237. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 230 117 02237 (b) 230 172 237 (c) 230 170 2237 (d) 320 170 2237
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play All Eight (b) Lazy Eight Play All (c) All Play Lazy Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play All
  16. 16.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a monkey by the park gate, a lemon by the banyan tree, a rose by the bus stop, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a drum by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) drum (b) ice cream (c) lemon (d) rose
  18. 18.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) picture a tiled floor (c) skip it (d) read it once
  19. 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  20. 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
  21. 21.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 597818420753. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5978 1842 0753 (b) 5997 8184 20753 (c) 5978 1820 753 (d) 5978 1482 0753
  23. 23.📅 The digits 23042019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/420/19 (b) 23/0420/19 (c) 23/04/2019 (d) 2304/20/19
  24. 24.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only a teacher (b) only adults (c) nobody (d) anyone, even a toy
  25. 25.True or false: “one huge session” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  27. 27.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) it looks nice
  28. 28.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) old topics come back (c) no spare days (d) has short breaks
  29. 29.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Europe
  30. 30.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) tasting bitter karela (d) seeing a red kite fly
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) never testing yourself (d) reading it once only
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) one task at a time
  33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
  34. 34.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) that item is lost (c) you get an extra item (d) nothing changes
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pillow by the kitchen, a rose by the TV, a banana by the dining table, a candle by the sofa, a needle by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pillow (b) banana (c) candle (d) rose
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an OTP you just got (b) a carry while adding (c) the last line you read (d) your mother tongue
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 455481295803. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4554 8129 8503 (b) 4554 8129 5803 (c) 4558 1295 803 (d) 4555 4812 95803
  38. 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) hold the plant firm (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
  39. 39.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  40. 40.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 7, the tens digit is 7 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 7. What is 9 × 7?

Answer key

  1. knowledge
  2. February
  3. 6
  4. active recall
  5. Eat Lazy Pink All
  6. skip what letters mean
  7. only a few
  8. writing it down later
  9. three tasks at once
  10. a mango that sings
  11. False
  12. a plain grey box
  13. splitting into groups
  14. 230 170 2237
  15. Eight Lazy Play All
  16. False
  17. lemon
  18. picture a tiled floor
  19. keep linking in order
  20. hear the new word
  21. east
  22. 5978 1842 0753
  23. 23/04/2019
  24. anyone, even a toy
  25. True
  26. helps attention
  27. to keep the order
  28. no spare days
  29. South America
  30. seeing a red kite fly
  31. testing yourself
  32. TV on while studying
  33. a list in a fixed order
  34. that item is lost
  35. banana
  36. your mother tongue
  37. 4554 8129 5803
  38. make food using sunlight
  39. 12
  40. 63

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