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 smart way to learn a formula? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) read it once (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) skip what letters mean
- 2.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they are always true (c) sound patterns stick (d) they need no practice
- 3.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) revising before bed (c) short study breaks (d) a healthy breakfast
- 5.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) king (d) rain
- 6.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) playing outdoors (c) drinking enough water (d) a full night’s sleep
- 7.🗓️ Your exam is in 10 days. You have 4 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 8.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) the last line you read (b) directions told just now (c) a number you just heard (d) your best friend’s name
- 10.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a carry while adding (c) the last line you read (d) your home address
- 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
- 12.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📚 You must revise 9 chapters, 3 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) smell (b) touch (c) sight (d) sound
- 15.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a bird leaving a cage (b) a blank page (c) nothing at all (d) the letters only
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) violet
- 17.True or false: “one long session only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, radio, umbrella, kite is “All Red ___ Kind”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Goats (c) Under (d) Rani
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, glass, ice cream, coconut, umbrella is “Big Green Ink ___ Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Lions (c) All (d) Cats
- 20.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) the date (c) your name (d) the main topic
- 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 22.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 26.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) never testing yourself (c) a good night’s sleep (d) making a picture of it
- 27.True or false: “rushing the greeting” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 28.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 29.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) muscle memory (b) no memory (c) short-term memory (d) long-term memory
- 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
- 31.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) looking at the clock
- 32.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) clock (d) tree
- 33.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel hot and cold” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a coconut by the swing, an anchor by the park gate, a guava by the fruit cart, a rope by the post box, a whistle by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) whistle (b) rope (c) anchor (d) coconut
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 38.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) in the first day or two
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 40.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: no review until the test? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
Answer key
- draw a labelled picture
- sound patterns stick
- True
- staying up very late
- night
- hours with no break
- 2
- False
- your best friend’s name
- your home address
- north
- False
- 3
- touch
- a bird leaving a cage
- violet
- True
- Under
- Cats
- the main topic
- step 3
- False
- helps attention
- step 1
- link it to the meaning
- never testing yourself
- False
- hurts memory
- short-term memory
- Earth
- taking short notes
- rain
- True
- first letters as a word
- step 3
- whistle
- step 4
- in the first day or two
- step 1
- cramming
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