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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 2.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: cram it the last night? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 3.📅 The digits 08022024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/220/24 (b) 08/0220/24 (c) 0802/20/24 (d) 08/02/2024
- 4.😴 You go to bed at 8:00 PM and wake up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 5.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 6.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
- 7.😴 You go to bed at 9:30 PM and wake up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 8.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) making a picture of it (d) explaining to a friend
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 10.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) three tasks at once (d) phone in another room
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) copying notes neatly (c) watching it again (d) closed-book writing
- 13.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) the last line you read (c) a carry while adding (d) your mother tongue
- 14.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
- 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 17.True or false: “done” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
- 19.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 3, 6, 10 (b) days 6, 9, 10 (c) all on day 10 (d) days 5, 8, 11
- 20.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) fewer things to hold (b) to change the number (c) to make them longer (d) no reason
- 21.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) king (d) bell
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) smell (b) sight (c) sound (d) touch
- 23.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) it has a double e (b) it rhymes with gate (c) there is “a rat” in it (d) it starts with “per”
- 24.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) sleep time kept (c) only easy subjects (d) self-tests every week
- 25.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) tables learned long ago (c) your mother tongue (d) a price you just heard
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 27.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) night (d) king
- 28.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, watch, lemon, kite, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLKNT (b) NKLWT (c) WTLKN (d) TWLKN
- 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
- 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) nose
- 36.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
- 37.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 38.True or false: “hours with no break” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: learning it all at once? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 40.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) night (d) king
Answer key
- breaks attention
- a weak way
- 08/02/2024
- 10
- False
- you keep what you notice
- 10
- reading it once only
- link it to the next item
- three tasks at once
- step 1
- closed-book writing
- your mother tongue
- note it, then go back
- an acronym
- lets it fade
- False
- we forget without review
- days 3, 6, 10
- fewer things to hold
- bell
- sight
- there is “a rat” in it
- only easy subjects
- a price you just heard
- a silly, funny one
- night
- True
- False
- False
- TWLKN
- False
- AANSAEA
- chunking
- skin
- egg
- picture the first item
- True
- cramming
- king
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