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.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 3.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) test yourself weekly (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) read it once
- 4.True or false: “three” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 6.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) harder to keep (c) useless (d) easier to keep
- 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 8.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 9.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) sun (d) rain
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
- 11.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) to save paper (b) no reason (c) to forget faster (d) each review lasts longer
- 12.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) look-cover-write-check (b) spell it aloud backwards (c) copy it 100 times (d) read it once
- 13.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
- 14.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 2, 4, 10 (b) all on day 10 (c) days 7, 9, 10 (d) days 5, 9, 13
- 15.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) chunking
- 16.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) linking to what you know (b) cramming the last night (c) reading it once only (d) skipping revision
- 17.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 19.📅 The digits 16122016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/12/2016 (b) 161/220/16 (c) 16/1220/16 (d) 1612/20/16
- 20.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) three tasks at once
- 22.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) self-tests every week (b) no spare days (c) mixes subjects each day (d) sleep time kept
- 23.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
- 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) teaching your sibling
- 25.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) read it once (c) skip it (d) picture a tiled floor
- 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 27.👋 You meet a new classmate called Megha. The name means “cloud”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a pink lotus (b) in soft moonlight (c) sitting on a cloud (d) wearing a shiny star
- 28.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a watch by the park gate, a ball by the fruit cart, a tomato by the post box, an owl by the swing, a spoon by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) owl (b) spoon (c) ball (d) watch
- 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) using it in a sum (c) explaining to a friend (d) testing yourself
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle tickles a lamp; the lamp crashes into a key; the key bounces onto a flute; the flute sits on a net. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) key (b) lamp (c) flute (d) net
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) sea (c) tea (d) knee
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream pulls a kettle; the kettle falls into a watch; the watch bounces onto a jug; the jug sings to a jalebi. Which item comes right before the jug? (a) jalebi (b) kettle (c) jug (d) watch
- 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 36.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 37.📅 The digits 04102004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/1020/04 (b) 04/10/2004 (c) 041/020/04 (d) 0410/20/04
- 38.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a carry while adding (b) the national anthem (c) your mother tongue (d) tables learned long ago
- 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- False
- in the same order
- test yourself weekly
- False
- a myth
- easier to keep
- lets it fade
- choose a place you know
- clock
- we forget without review
- each review lasts longer
- look-cover-write-check
- read it again, focused
- days 2, 4, 10
- the method of loci
- linking to what you know
- 135
- step 4
- 16/12/2016
- 5
- short planned breaks
- no spare days
- tree
- teaching your sibling
- picture a tiled floor
- step 2
- sitting on a cloud
- passive review
- watch
- lets it fade
- never testing yourself
- lamp
- thing
- watch
- breaks attention
- a list in a fixed order
- 04/10/2004
- a carry while adding
- True
- 5
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