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 of these is cramming? (a) a little every day (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) starting the exam eve (d) short reviews over weeks
- 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) shell (c) well (d) run
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Play All (b) Every Love Play All (c) Love Play All Every (d) All Play Love Every
- 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 5.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 6.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) won (c) kite (d) bun
- 8.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) test yourself weekly (b) never use it in sums (c) know what each letter is (d) see where it comes from
- 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) we forget without review (d) some kids never forget
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) cramming the last night (c) learning without meaning (d) making a picture of it
- 14.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) games open on screen
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 16.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no spare days? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) sight (c) smell (d) sound
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, lemon, jalebi? (a) Jolly Love Cats (b) Love Jolly Cats (c) Love Cats Jolly (d) Cats Love Jolly
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) block (c) lock (d) thing
- 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 23.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) know what each letter is (b) say it aloud (c) test yourself weekly (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) hear voices (b) feel rough or smooth (c) read words (d) hear music
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 29.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
- 31.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 2 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 33.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) each link leads on (c) stories are short (d) it uses numbers
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a glass by the bench, a watch by the swing, a duck by the park gate, a flute by the fruit cart, an ant by the slide. What did you place by the park gate? (a) ant (b) watch (c) duck (d) glass
- 35.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, onion, spoon? (a) Owls Sing Wet (b) Wet Owls Sing (c) Owls Wet Sing (d) Sing Owls Wet
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spare days for doubts (b) late nights every day (c) mixes subjects each day (d) old topics come back
- 38.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
- 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) scrolling while reading (d) studying half-asleep
- 40.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we never forget (c) memory is fixed (d) we forget fast at first
Answer key
- starting the exam eve
- run
- Every Love Play All
- helps attention
- a poor timetable
- fix stops in order
- kite
- never use it in sums
- we forget without review
- 5
- helps attention
- you keep all you read
- making a picture of it
- eyes on the speaker
- a silly, funny one
- True
- a poor timetable
- checking messages
- sight
- Cats Love Jolly
- thing
- numbers and letter lists
- active recall
- copy it 50 times blindly
- AANSAEA
- VIBGYOR
- read words
- keep linking in order
- long-term memory
- three chunks, not ten
- 3
- 160
- each link leads on
- duck
- night
- Wet Owls Sing
- late nights every day
- one you know very well
- a clear, tidy desk
- we forget fast at first
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