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 of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
- 2.True or false: “a formula card” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 4.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) start from nowhere (d) guess
- 5.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) short planned breaks (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
- 6.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 8.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) today or tomorrow (c) the exam night (d) next month
- 9.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 7, 9 (b) days 9, 11, 12 (c) all on day 12 (d) days 4, 6, 12
- 10.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) machhli (c) phool (d) billi
- 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 15.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) roots
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sits on a frog; the frog falls into a monkey; the monkey bounces onto an urn; the urn tickles a banana. Which item comes right after the lamp? (a) lamp (b) monkey (c) frog (d) urn
- 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
- 19.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) tables learned long ago (c) directions told just now (d) how to swim
- 20.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🗓️ 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 8, 12, 13 (c) days 3, 5, 7 (d) days 2, 6, 13
- 22.True or false: “learning it all at once” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) songs (d) steps
- 24.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: only easy subjects? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 25.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 26.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 27.True or false: “copy it 50 times blindly” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 30.True or false: “explaining to a friend” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, jalebi, ice cream? (a) Ink Jolly Neat (b) Jolly Neat Ink (c) Jolly Ink Neat (d) Neat Jolly Ink
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 523770253264. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5327 7025 3264 (b) 5237 7702 53264 (c) 5237 0253 264 (d) 5237 7025 3264
- 33.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) memory is fixed (c) we never forget (d) we forget fast at first
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jeep by the park gate, a radio by the fruit cart, a frog by the slide, an orange by the bench, a spoon by the swing. Where did you place the jeep? (a) park gate (b) swing (c) fruit cart (d) slide
- 35.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) only your notebook (c) nowhere (d) long-term memory
- 36.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) your home address (c) directions told just now (d) the national anthem
- 38.Which of these helps your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) screens till midnight (c) playing outdoors (d) hours with no break
- 39.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
Answer key
- memory can’t improve
- True
- lets it fade
- replay the story
- a desk full of toys
- funny actions
- a silly, funny one
- today or tomorrow
- days 4, 6, 12
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- a myth
- naak
- a book in a KIT bag
- not paying attention
- roots
- frog
- egg
- directions told just now
- True
- days 2, 6, 13
- False
- tricks
- a poor timetable
- step 3
- 9
- True
- lets it fade
- a fact
- True
- Neat Jolly Ink
- 5237 7025 3264
- we forget fast at first
- park gate
- long-term memory
- True
- directions told just now
- playing outdoors
- helps you keep it
- helps attention
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