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.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) explaining it aloud (c) answering old questions (d) staring at the page
- 3.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 6.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 7.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 9.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) sun (d) night
- 10.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) harder to keep (c) useless (d) easier to keep
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, ball, radio, doll is “Crazy ___ Red Dance”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Crazy (c) Frogs (d) Big
- 12.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 11, 13, 14 (b) days 6, 8, 14 (c) days 9, 13, 17 (d) all on day 14
- 13.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: learning it all at once? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 14.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) hold the plant firm (c) holds up the leaves (d) carries food to parts
- 16.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) earlier, with more time (b) the last night (c) nowhere (d) after the exam
- 17.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) no limit (c) only a few (d) hundreds
- 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 19.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: one huge session? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 20.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in the centre
- 22.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each Sunday? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 805619040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 805 190 40 (b) 805 619 040 (c) 805 619 004 (d) 800 561 9040
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
- 26.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear a bell” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants Mum Funny Jump (b) Funny Mum Ants Jump (c) Funny Jump Mum Ants (d) Jump Funny Mum Ants
- 29.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) read it once (b) mix up the letters (c) use it in a few sums (d) never use it in sums
- 30.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) cram it the last night (c) skip what letters mean (d) say it aloud
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) say it aloud (b) never use it in sums (c) draw a labelled picture (d) know what each letter is
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play ___ Ink Silly Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Owls (c) All (d) Goats
- 34.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) has short breaks (c) self-tests every week (d) only easy subjects
- 35.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) skip what letters mean (b) know what each letter is (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) never use it in sums
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bright (b) key (c) three (d) swing
- 37.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) study even more (b) ignore it (c) tell a parent or doctor (d) buy memory pills
- 38.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 39.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: answering old questions? (a) active recall (b) passive review
Answer key
- False
- staring at the page
- False
- in the same order
- one word holds a list
- spaced practice
- a good mind map
- the letters make no word
- rain
- easier to keep
- Big
- days 6, 8, 14
- cramming
- 19 and 47
- hold the plant firm
- earlier, with more time
- only a few
- short-term memory
- cramming
- breaks attention
- topic in the centre
- spaced practice
- a list in a fixed order
- 805 619 040
- you keep all you read
- False
- False
- Jump Funny Mum Ants
- use it in a few sums
- say it aloud
- never use it in sums
- choose a place you know
- All
- only easy subjects
- know what each letter is
- swing
- tell a parent or doctor
- step 1
- the rainbow colours
- active recall
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