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 step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Eight (c) Eight Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Eight
- 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, umpire, onion, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JUOD (b) UODJ (c) UJOD (d) DOUJ
- 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 776955049412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7769 5540 9412 (b) 7769 5504 941 (c) 7769 5504 9412 (d) 7769 5504 99412
- 6.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you are not smart (b) you should give up (c) memory is broken (d) you need a review
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a price you just heard (b) a new word for a minute (c) a number you just heard (d) the national anthem
- 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) you keep all you read
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) attention comes first (d) practice improves memory
- 11.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) explaining to a friend (d) learning without meaning
- 13.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
- 14.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) scrolling while reading (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
- 16.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) we never forget (c) forgetting starts late (d) memory is fixed
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) shock (c) main (d) brain
- 18.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) reviewing after a week (c) learning without meaning (d) cramming the last night
- 19.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) it is shorter (b) it looks smart (c) there is no need (d) you can rebuild it
- 20.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory (c) muscle memory (d) no memory
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wet Nani (b) Eat Nani Sing Wet (c) Wet Sing Eat Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wet
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, pencil, kettle, tiger, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKTGD (b) DPKTG (c) GTKPD (d) PDKTG
- 24.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 25.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) using it in a sum (c) making a picture of it (d) never testing yourself
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red ___ Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Runs (c) Yaks (d) Seven
- 27.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen stirring tea (c) the pen near a cup (d) neither
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) topic in a corner (c) a colour for each branch (d) lines that link ideas
- 29.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 19 state capitals and get 13 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 30.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) staying up very late (c) short study breaks (d) skipping breakfast
- 31.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a list of words only
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 33.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) not asking again (b) writing it down later (c) never using the name (d) hearing it only once
- 34.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) using it in a sentence (b) thinking of your reply (c) writing it down later (d) linking it to a picture
- 35.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) say it aloud (b) draw a labelled picture (c) mix up the letters (d) a formula card
- 37.🗣️ 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
- 38.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (b) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
Answer key
- step 1
- Eight Love Pink Aunty
- JUOD
- store it
- 7769 5504 9412
- you need a review
- step 2
- the national anthem
- you keep all you read
- pills give super memory
- False
- explaining to a friend
- splitting into groups
- say it aloud often
- one task at a time
- we forget fast at first
- shock
- reviewing after a week
- you can rebuild it
- short-term memory
- step 3
- Nani Eat Sing Wet
- DPKTG
- long-term memory
- never testing yourself
- Seven
- the pen stirring tea
- topic in a corner
- 4
- short study breaks
- a kite as big as a house
- helps you keep it
- writing it down later
- thinking of your reply
- on the teacher and board
- mix up the letters
- find a sound-alike word
- 15
- Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants
- a rhyme
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