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.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 13 (b) days 7, 11, 13 (c) days 4, 7, 10 (d) days 3, 7, 13
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 3.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) each review lasts longer (b) to forget faster (c) to save paper (d) no reason
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) white (c) bright (d) light
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) short reviews over weeks (d) 4 hours the night before
- 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
- 7.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) a healthy breakfast (c) short study breaks (d) a calm, happy mind
- 8.📅 The digits 02042000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0420/00 (b) 0204/20/00 (c) 020/420/00 (d) 02/04/2000
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) learning without meaning (c) a good night’s sleep (d) cramming the last night
- 10.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to start late (b) to skip revision (c) to waste time (d) for doubts and surprises
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) taste (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 15.True or false: “your best friend’s name” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 18.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 11, 15, 17 (b) days 6, 10, 17 (c) all on day 17 (d) days 8, 12, 16
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 117898124606. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1718 9812 4606 (b) 1178 9814 606 (c) 1178 9812 46006 (d) 1178 9812 4606
- 21.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no spare days (b) one subject all week (c) starts the night before (d) starts weeks early
- 23.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) watching fireworks (b) hearing a dog bark (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) seeing a glowing star
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) long sentences (c) copying a whole page (d) all in one colour
- 25.True or false: “use it in a few sums” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📚 You must revise 6 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, ladder, banana? (a) Nine Lions Bakes (b) Lions Nine Bakes (c) Lions Bakes Nine (d) Bakes Lions Nine
- 29.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 6, the tens digit is 6 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 6. What is 9 × 6?
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, onion, candle, lamp, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OACLU (b) AOCLU (c) ULCOA (d) OCLUA
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) make seeds (c) carries water upward (d) take in water from soil
- 32.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 33.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: late nights every day? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 34.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) redraw it from memory (b) colour it again (c) frame it (d) throw it away
- 35.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for nest, cat, tomato, ball, sock is “___ Cats Tiny Bakes Sing”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) All (c) Nani (d) Every
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside Bunny Grab ___ Old Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Jolly (c) Up (d) Yum
- 38.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
- 39.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your birthday (b) a price you just heard (c) your best friend’s name (d) how to ride a bicycle
Answer key
- days 3, 7, 13
- step 3
- each review lasts longer
- block
- 4 hours the night before
- put it in another room
- hours with no break
- 02/04/2000
- a good night’s sleep
- True
- for doubts and surprises
- we forget without review
- a first-letter sentence
- smell
- True
- False
- choose a place you know
- days 6, 10, 17
- choose a place you know
- 1178 9812 4606
- 3
- starts weeks early
- feeling a prickly cactus
- lines that link ideas
- False
- False
- 3
- Nine Lions Bakes
- 54
- AOCLU
- make seeds
- 15
- a poor timetable
- redraw it from memory
- add more stops
- Nani
- Yum
- read it again, focused
- step 3
- a price you just heard
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