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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vines ___ My Jump Silly Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Fly (c) Dad (d) Green
- 2.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 14 (b) days 7, 10, 14 (c) days 10, 14, 18 (d) days 10, 13, 14
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a pencil that dances (c) a normal-sized cup (d) the word in small print
- 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 7.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) turn the sound up (c) reply at once (d) put it in another room
- 8.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) how to swim (c) your birthday (d) tables learned long ago
- 9.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
- 10.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: draw a labelled picture? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) TV on while studying (c) a desk full of toys (d) chatting in class
- 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 13.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a lemon by the park gate, a whistle by the bench, a flute by the swing, a candle by the slide, an owl by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) candle (b) owl (c) lemon (d) flute
- 15.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) grow under the ground (c) take in water from soil (d) hold the plant firm
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) your birthday (d) a number you just heard
- 18.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) the word “umbrella”
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) sounds like the new word
- 20.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) copying a whole page (c) ideas with no links (d) long sentences
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 22.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 24.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 26.True or false: “old topics come back” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) only listening again (c) explaining it aloud (d) closed-book writing
- 28.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) never use it in sums (c) mix up the letters (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 29.📅 The digits 11081980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0819/80 (b) 1108/19/80 (c) 110/819/80 (d) 11/08/1980
- 30.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) hearing a drum boom (d) stroking soft fur
- 31.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the day after Tuesday”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Wensday (b) Wednesday (c) Wednsday (d) Wedensday
- 32.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
- 34.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 35.True or false: “use it in a few sums” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) true (c) known (d) right
- 37.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting raw mango (c) seeing a glowing star (d) smelling jasmine
- 38.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) nowhere (b) only your notebook (c) long-term memory (d) short-term memory
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 40.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
Answer key
- Every
- days 7, 10, 14
- a silly, funny one
- choose a place you know
- a pencil that dances
- passive review
- put it in another room
- a number you just heard
- 27
- a smart way
- a quiet place to study
- step 2
- splitting into groups
- owl
- True
- holds up the leaves
- a number you just heard
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- sounds like the new word
- details on small twigs
- step 4
- False
- green
- what each letter means
- first letters as a word
- True
- only listening again
- draw a labelled picture
- 11/08/1980
- hearing a drum boom
- Wednesday
- False
- not paying attention
- long-term memory
- False
- true
- tasting raw mango
- long-term memory
- initials match the list
- a good mind map
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