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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 2.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) reading it once only (c) linking to what you know (d) one long session only
- 3.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play All ___ Sing Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Cook (c) Toys (d) Ink
- 5.True or false: “linking it to a picture” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tomato, orange, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOTL (b) LTOI (c) TLOI (d) TOIL
- 7.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) never testing yourself (c) explaining to a friend (d) reviewing the next day
- 8.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: late nights every day? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 9.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 10.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) water and a short break (b) keep going for hours (c) give up for the day (d) eat lots of sweets
- 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
- 12.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no breaks at all? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 13.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 15 (b) days 4, 9, 15 (c) days 5, 8, 11 (d) days 8, 13, 15
- 14.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
- 15.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 12, 13 (b) all on day 13 (c) days 8, 10, 12 (d) days 7, 9, 13
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) read it once (c) skip it (d) picture a tiled floor
- 19.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 20.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 98 (b) 93 (c) 96 (d) 95
- 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) North America (d) Asia
- 22.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare days (b) one subject all week (c) has short breaks (d) late nights every day
- 24.📅 The digits 20082015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2008/20/15 (b) 20/08/2015 (c) 200/820/15 (d) 20/0820/15
- 25.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) self-tests every week (b) no time for review (c) spare days for doubts (d) has short breaks
- 26.📅 The digits 09061995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0906/19/95 (b) 090/619/95 (c) 09/0619/95 (d) 09/06/1995
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
- 28.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 29.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a jeep by the door, a mirror by the gate, a candle by the TV, a fan by the sofa. Where did you place the ladder? (a) gate (b) door (c) TV (d) shoe rack
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) make food using sunlight (c) hold the plant firm (d) carries food to parts
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 227916509727. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2279 6150 9727 (b) 2279 1650 927 (c) 2279 1650 97227 (d) 2279 1650 9727
- 34.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 35.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose tickles a needle; the needle pulls an onion; the onion jumps over a rope; the rope sits on a cat. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) cat (b) needle (c) rope (d) rose
- 37.True or false: “not asking again” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) using it in a sum (c) reviewing after a week (d) linking to what you know
- 39.True or false: “know what each letter is” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) hearing it only once (c) thinking of your reply (d) writing it down later
Answer key
- long-term memory
- linking to what you know
- 14
- Ink
- True
- LTOI
- never testing yourself
- a poor timetable
- 19 and 47
- water and a short break
- east
- a poor timetable
- days 4, 9, 15
- replay the story
- days 7, 9, 13
- scrolling while reading
- False
- picture a tiled floor
- 80
- 95
- North America
- short-term memory
- has short breaks
- 20/08/2015
- no time for review
- 09/06/1995
- VIBGYOR
- initials match the list
- the method of loci
- everyone forgets things
- shoe rack
- carries food to parts
- 2279 1650 9727
- helps memory
- False
- rope
- False
- one long session only
- False
- writing it down later
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