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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Lions Seven Red (b) Red Seven Lions Frogs (c) Seven Red Lions Frogs (d) Seven Lions Frogs Red
- 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 3.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 5.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “apart, not together”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) seperate (b) seprate (c) separete (d) separate
- 6.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
- 7.📅 The digits 14111952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/1119/52 (b) 14/11/1952 (c) 141/119/52 (d) 1411/19/52
- 8.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) look, forget, guess (c) recall, store, notice (d) notice, store, recall
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug tickles a key; the key falls into a spoon; the spoon pulls a glass; the glass chases an igloo. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) key (b) jug (c) spoon (d) glass
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 12.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) clock (d) tree
- 13.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) screens till midnight (c) an all-night cram (d) fruit and vegetables
- 14.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) a number you just heard (c) your mother tongue (d) the last line you read
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) staying up very late (c) skipping breakfast (d) screens till midnight
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 576890861. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 576 890 86 (b) 576 809 861 (c) 576 890 861 (d) 557 689 0861
- 20.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a doll by the park gate, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a ladder by the post box, a pencil by the bus stop, an umpire by the fruit cart. Where did you place the pencil? (a) banyan tree (b) bus stop (c) fruit cart (d) post box
- 23.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a blurry shape (d) a giant pink elephant
- 24.📅 The digits 19021990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/219/90 (b) 19/0219/90 (c) 19/02/1990 (d) 1902/19/90
- 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 7610969717. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 761 096 9717 (b) 761 069 717 (c) 671 096 9717 (d) 766 109 69717
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 28.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) buy new pens (b) copy a friend (c) start the last day (d) write the exam dates
- 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 30.👋 You meet a new classmate called Tara. The name means “star”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) floating up in the sky (b) with a gold medal (c) wearing a shiny star (d) riding a big sea wave
- 31.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) green, flat and thin (c) make food using sunlight (d) make seeds
- 33.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a far-off still tree (c) a plain grey box (d) a mango that sings
- 34.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) the last line you read (b) tables learned long ago (c) a carry while adding (d) directions told just now
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 36.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your home address (b) directions told just now (c) the last line you read (d) a new word for a minute
- 37.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) colours only (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
- 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 39.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
Answer key
- Red Seven Lions Frogs
- one word holds a list
- True
- a poor mind map
- separate
- a memory trick
- 14/11/1952
- notice, store, recall
- glass
- fix stops in order
- a first-letter sentence
- clock
- fruit and vegetables
- False
- your mother tongue
- 4
- 9
- a calm, happy mind
- 576 890 861
- 2
- sounds like the new word
- bus stop
- a blurry shape
- 19/02/1990
- link it to the next item
- 761 096 9717
- a silly, funny one
- write the exam dates
- first letters as a word
- wearing a shiny star
- True
- make seeds
- a mango that sings
- tables learned long ago
- picture the first item
- your home address
- funny actions
- a rhyme
- True
- clock
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