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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the classroom door, a lemon by the stairs, a candle by the school gate, an ice cream by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) candle (b) urn (c) umpire (d) lemon
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Cook Every (c) Cook Every Pink Cook (d) Every Cook Cook Pink
- 3.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
- 4.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Inside Bunny Goats Yum Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Cook (c) Vines (d) Wise
- 6.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a list of words only (c) a far-off still tree (d) a blurry shape
- 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 8.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) you are bad at names
- 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) know (d) learn
- 10.True or false: “teaching your sibling” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly (b) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
- 13.True or false: “studying very hungry” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 15.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) for years (c) only a short while (d) until next month
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) hold the plant firm (c) take in water from soil (d) carries food to parts
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 3966596185. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 369 659 6185 (b) 396 696 185 (c) 396 659 6185 (d) 396 659 96185
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 481986627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 481 986 67 (b) 481 986 627 (c) 481 998 6627 (d) 489 186 627
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine ___ Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Ice (c) Bunny (d) Eight
- 20.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
- 21.🗓️ Your exam is in 14 days. You have 5 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 22.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) nod and forget (b) change the topic (c) ask for their phone (d) say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- 23.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) long sentences (b) copying a whole page (c) small doodles (d) topic in a corner
- 24.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) touch (b) sound (c) sight (d) smell
- 25.True or false: “how to swim” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) cake
- 27.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 29.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 30.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, pillow, urn? (a) Uncle Play Sing (b) Play Sing Uncle (c) Play Uncle Sing (d) Sing Play Uncle
- 32.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) bell (d) cake
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) lines that link ideas (c) a colour for each branch (d) topic in the centre
- 34.True or false: “using it in a sum” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 36.🗣️ 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
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 38.True or false: “your mother tongue” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📅 The digits 05091950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0919/50 (b) 050/919/50 (c) 05/09/1950 (d) 0509/19/50
- 40.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
Answer key
- urn
- Every Cook Pink Cook
- clock
- True
- Vines
- a sock that smells awful
- a myth
- not paying attention
- know
- False
- an acronym
- Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
- True
- choose a place you know
- only a short while
- carries food to parts
- 396 659 6185
- 481 986 627
- Eight
- yes, with new pictures
- 4
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- small doodles
- sound
- False
- bell
- put pictures at stops
- find a sound-alike word
- hurts memory
- a first-letter sentence
- Sing Play Uncle
- bell
- ideas with no links
- True
- explain it simply
- hear the new word
- lets it fade
- True
- 05/09/1950
- 13
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