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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) planet (d) star
- 4.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: screens till midnight? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 5.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) skipping revision (b) a good night’s sleep (c) linking to what you know (d) making a picture of it
- 6.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the second month”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Febrary (b) Februry (c) Febuary (d) February
- 7.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) it is shorter (b) you can rebuild it (c) it looks smart (d) there is no need
- 8.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) fruit and vegetables (c) screens till midnight (d) a full night’s sleep
- 9.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: writing it down later? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 10.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: draw a labelled picture? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 11.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 18
- 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani ___ Love Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Kites (c) Seven (d) Eat
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, wallet, apple, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GAWJ (b) WAGJ (c) JWAG (d) WJAG
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) a random colour
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a rose by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the school gate, a kettle by the classroom door, a mirror by the stairs, a banana by the notice board. Where did you place the mirror? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) school gate (d) classroom door
- 18.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: old topics come back? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) sight (b) touch (c) taste (d) sound
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger crashes into a radio; the radio sits on a banana; the banana pulls a guava; the guava jumps over a kite. Which item comes right after the radio? (a) tiger (b) banana (c) radio (d) guava
- 21.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) clock (d) king
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) ring (b) done (c) ton (d) three
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) everyone forgets things (c) sleep helps you learn (d) attention comes first
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 25.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 27.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “apart, not together”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) separete (b) separate (c) seperate (d) seprate
- 28.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) memory is fixed (c) forgetting starts late (d) we never forget
- 29.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 4 hours the night before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 30.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) skip the middle (b) guess the ending (c) split it into parts (d) write it faster
- 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you need a review (b) you are not smart (c) you should give up (d) memory is broken
- 33.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) tables learned long ago (c) how to swim (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 34.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) notes while listening
- 36.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 37.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) taste (b) sight (c) smell (d) sound
- 38.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) a number you just heard (c) how to swim (d) your mother tongue
Answer key
- chunking
- False
- one
- hurts memory
- skipping revision
- February
- you can rebuild it
- screens till midnight
- helps with names
- a smart way
- 15
- Seven
- chunking
- step 2
- JWAG
- the word’s meaning
- stairs
- a good timetable
- taste
- banana
- king
- ring
- memory can’t improve
- roots
- initials match the list
- one word holds a list
- separate
- we forget fast at first
- cramming
- split it into parts
- False
- you need a review
- a new word for a minute
- False
- notes while listening
- new words in a language
- sound
- active recall
- False
- a number you just heard
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