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 word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) train (c) plane (d) sell
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
- 3.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a new word for a minute (c) the last line you read (d) your birthday
- 4.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) tasting raw mango (d) seeing a glowing star
- 5.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
- 6.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 7.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 8.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reviewing the next day (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing after a week
- 9.True or false: “a healthy breakfast” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
- 11.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 13.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 14.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) read it once (b) look-cover-write-check (c) spell it aloud backwards (d) copy it 100 times
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) studying when sleepy (c) reviewing the next day (d) a good night’s sleep
- 16.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) small doodles (d) ideas with no links
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, van, flute? (a) Vans Funny Love (b) Vans Love Funny (c) Love Vans Funny (d) Funny Vans Love
- 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: skipping breakfast? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 9158313004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 831 30004 (b) 915 831 3004 (c) 918 531 3004 (d) 915 313 004
- 21.True or false: “revising before bed” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 103624800574. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1036 2480 0574 (b) 1036 2800 574 (c) 1036 2840 0574 (d) 1036 2480 05744
- 23.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) cake (d) night
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) ears (b) eyes (c) nose (d) skin
- 25.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 2 or 7 (b) any digit (c) 0 or 5 (d) 1 or 6
- 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 27.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) it has a double e (b) it rhymes with gate (c) there is “a rat” in it (d) it starts with “per”
- 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) notes while listening (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) TV on while studying
- 29.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 31.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Cats Pink Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Eat (c) Old (d) Goats
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 36.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your best friend’s name (c) a carry while adding (d) your mother tongue
- 37.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) throw it away for good (b) never test it (c) review it sooner (d) wait a month
- 38.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) split it into parts (b) guess the ending (c) skip the middle (d) write it faster
- 39.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 40.True or false: “copy it 50 times blindly” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- sell
- Saturn
- your birthday
- tasting raw mango
- not paying attention
- long-term memory
- short-term memory
- reading it once only
- False
- PAISA
- 50
- an acronym
- False
- look-cover-write-check
- studying when sleepy
- root
- ideas with no links
- Love Vans Funny
- hurts memory
- 915 831 3004
- False
- 1036 2480 0574
- night
- skin
- 0 or 5
- passive review
- there is “a rat” in it
- TV on while studying
- False
- step 3
- 3
- 5
- Eat
- sleep helps you learn
- MVEMJSUN
- a carry while adding
- review it sooner
- split it into parts
- spaced practice
- False
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