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.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 4, the tens digit is 4 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 4. What is 9 × 4?
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Every Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Only (c) Wise (d) Dogs
- 3.True or false: “see where it comes from” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 6.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
- 11.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) cake (d) clock
- 12.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) fight (c) shake (d) bake
- 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Africa
- 16.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
- 17.👋 You pictured a new friend in a bright ray of light. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Kamal (b) Sona (c) Megha (d) Kiran
- 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) teaching your sibling (c) staring at the page (d) explaining it aloud
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries water upward (d) have tiny pores
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very stressed (b) a healthy breakfast (c) short study breaks (d) drinking enough water
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, onion, duck? (a) Owls Nine Dance (b) Nine Owls Dance (c) Owls Dance Nine (d) Dance Owls Nine
- 22.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases memory (b) it wastes time (c) it helps learning stick (d) it is only for babies
- 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
- 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) indigo
- 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cats Every (b) Every Cats Cats Pigs (c) Every Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Every Pigs Cats
- 29.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: only easy subjects? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 30.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) details on small twigs (c) lines that link ideas (d) ideas with no links
- 31.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) hold the plant firm (c) carries food to parts (d) grow under the ground
- 33.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) cake (d) tree
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
- 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 36.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, kite, ant, flute, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKAFB (b) KAFBI (c) KIAFB (d) BFAKI
- 38.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 7, the tens digit is 7 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 7. What is 9 × 7?
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana tickles a flute; the flute bounces onto a doll; the doll sits on an ant; the ant chases a ball. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) ball (b) banana (c) doll (d) flute
- 40.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) only with pills (c) only for adults (d) no, never
Answer key
- 36
- Wise
- True
- True
- splitting into groups
- 4
- chunking
- picture the first item
- a silly, funny one
- VIBGYOR
- sun
- the method of loci
- helps you keep it
- fight
- Europe
- chatting in class
- Kiran
- staring at the page
- carries water upward
- feeling very stressed
- Nine Owls Dance
- passive review
- 5
- it helps learning stick
- a first-letter sentence
- green
- breaks attention
- Every Cats Pigs Cats
- a poor timetable
- ideas with no links
- False
- carries food to parts
- tree
- touch
- helps attention
- True
- IKAFB
- 63
- flute
- yes, with good methods
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