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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, frog, parrot, umbrella, ball is “Wise Fly Pink ___ Bunny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Uncle (c) Dogs (d) Ink
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sings to an umpire; the umpire jumps over a tent; the tent bounces onto a fan; the fan crashes into a lemon. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) lemon (b) umpire (c) tent (d) fan
- 4.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 8.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) read it once (b) hope for the best (c) hear it once (d) review and use it often
- 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) white (b) one (c) chain (d) well
- 11.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) screens till midnight (c) a full night’s sleep (d) feeling very stressed
- 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
- 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 14.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 96 (b) 98 (c) 95 (d) 93
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) scrolling while reading (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for each session
- 16.True or false: “a carry while adding” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
- 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 19.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) explaining to a friend (c) skipping revision (d) learning without meaning
- 20.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 21.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 22.True or false: “short study breaks” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) writing it down later (b) asking how to spell it (c) saying the name back (d) thinking of your reply
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing after a week (d) testing yourself
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) never using the name (c) using it in a sentence (d) looking at your phone
- 26.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) forgetting starts late
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
- 28.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a whistle by the library, an apple by the blackboard, an owl by the playground, an ice cream by the classroom door, an urn by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) whistle (b) urn (c) ice cream (d) apple
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 116986582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 116 986 582 (b) 116 998 6582 (c) 116 985 682 (d) 169 865 82
- 31.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
- 32.Which of these helps your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) fruit and vegetables (c) staying up very late (d) studying very hungry
- 33.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 17 (b) days 7, 11, 17 (c) days 8, 10, 12 (d) days 12, 16, 17
- 34.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in a corner (c) all in one colour (d) details on small twigs
- 35.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: old topics come back? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 36.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 37.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) see where it comes from (b) use it in a few sums (c) test yourself weekly (d) read it once
- 38.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 8:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) a number you just heard (c) the last line you read (d) a price you just heard
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Lions Pigs Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Every (c) Pink (d) Frogs
Answer key
- Uncle
- picture the first item
- umpire
- 19 and 47
- one word holds a list
- chunking
- step 2
- review and use it often
- short-term memory
- one
- a full night’s sleep
- notes while listening
- step 1
- 95
- scrolling while reading
- False
- learn the topic
- short-term memory
- explaining to a friend
- explain it simply
- 7
- False
- thinking of your reply
- learning without meaning
- using it in a sentence
- we forget fast at first
- some kids never forget
- initials match the list
- ice cream
- 116 986 582
- note it, then go back
- fruit and vegetables
- days 7, 11, 17
- details on small twigs
- a good timetable
- 65
- read it once
- 10
- the national anthem
- Every
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