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.🔤 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.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
- 3.🃏 You test yourself on 13 spellings and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 4.🧪 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 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.🔍 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.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) hundreds (b) no limit (c) only a few (d) a whole book
- 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.🔍 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.🔍 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.True or false: “an all-night cram” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
- 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.✏️ 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.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 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.📐 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.🔗 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.🗣️ 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.🔤 “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.🔢 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.📅 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.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) only a teacher (b) only adults (c) nobody (d) anyone, even a toy
- 25.True or false: “one huge session” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 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.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.🔤 “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.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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) never testing yourself (d) reading it once only
- 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 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.🏰 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.🔍 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.🔢 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.🗺️ 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.📅 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.✋ 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
- knowledge
- February
- 6
- active recall
- Eat Lazy Pink All
- skip what letters mean
- only a few
- writing it down later
- three tasks at once
- a mango that sings
- False
- a plain grey box
- splitting into groups
- 230 170 2237
- Eight Lazy Play All
- False
- lemon
- picture a tiled floor
- keep linking in order
- hear the new word
- east
- 5978 1842 0753
- 23/04/2019
- anyone, even a toy
- True
- helps attention
- to keep the order
- no spare days
- South America
- seeing a red kite fly
- testing yourself
- TV on while studying
- a list in a fixed order
- that item is lost
- banana
- your mother tongue
- 4554 8129 5803
- make food using sunlight
- 12
- 63
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