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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 2.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 3.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) skip what letters mean (b) use it in a few sums (c) mix up the letters (d) cram it the last night
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 5.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) studying when sleepy (c) using it in a sum (d) learning without meaning
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) testing yourself (c) linking to what you know (d) learning without meaning
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) hours with no break (c) sitting still all day (d) staying up very late
- 9.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) testing yourself helps
- 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 13.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) sun (d) rain
- 14.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror jumps over an apple; the apple bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream crashes into an owl; the owl chases a kite. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) owl (b) kite (c) mirror (d) apple
- 16.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) study all night (b) skip sleep and dinner (c) play games all night (d) revise, then sleep well
- 17.📅 The digits 15102025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/10/2025 (b) 15/1020/25 (c) 1510/20/25 (d) 151/020/25
- 18.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) tables learned long ago (c) a price you just heard (d) your mother tongue
- 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 21.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: writing it down later? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 22.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) your mother tongue (c) a number you just heard (d) your best friend’s name
- 23.True or false: “only easy subjects” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl pulls a rope; the rope sits on an anchor; the anchor crashes into a guava; the guava rolls into an apple. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) owl (b) anchor (c) guava (d) rope
- 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 28.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) out of the window
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the TV, a drum by the sofa, an apple by the kitchen, a sock by the dining table, an ice cream by the bed. What did you place by the bed? (a) ice cream (b) bucket (c) apple (d) sock
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 991278464004. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9912 7846 64004 (b) 9912 7844 004 (c) 9917 2846 4004 (d) 9912 7846 4004
- 31.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 32.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) sleep time kept (b) no breaks at all (c) no time for review (d) no spare days
- 33.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
- 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) white (c) bite (d) kite
- 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 38.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) have tiny pores (b) carries food to parts (c) attract bees (d) make seeds
- 40.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
Answer key
- passive review
- one word holds a list
- use it in a few sums
- step 3
- 10
- using it in a sum
- learning without meaning
- fruit and vegetables
- close the book
- helps attention
- testing yourself helps
- breaks attention
- sun
- a funny, moving one
- apple
- revise, then sleep well
- 15/10/2025
- False
- a price you just heard
- a fact
- helps with names
- a number you just heard
- True
- the rainbow colours
- owl
- active recall
- step 1
- on the teacher and board
- ice cream
- 9912 7846 4004
- choose a place you know
- sleep time kept
- one you know very well
- NESW
- train
- step 2
- a good mind map
- True
- carries food to parts
- the pen stirring tea
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