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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Every Neat (b) Every Seven Wise Neat (c) Every Neat Seven Wise (d) Neat Every Seven Wise
- 2.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) nowhere (b) the last night (c) earlier, with more time (d) after the exam
- 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 4.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) no picture at all
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) carries water upward (c) carries food to parts (d) take in water from soil
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) revising before bed (b) a healthy breakfast (c) drinking enough water (d) staying up very late
- 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 10.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a price you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) learnt (d) done
- 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never using the name (b) thinking of your reply (c) noticing the face (d) hearing it only once
- 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 15.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) nothing at all (d) a first-letter sentence
- 16.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) fruit and vegetables (c) short study breaks (d) revising before bed
- 17.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 18.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: playing outdoors? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 19.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: read it once? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Frogs Jump (b) Frogs Mice All Jump (c) Jump Frogs Mice All (d) Frogs Jump Mice All
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knock (b) knee (c) bright (d) wing
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream bounces onto a tent; the tent falls into an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over an owl; the owl pulls a pillow. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) inkpot (b) tent (c) owl (d) ice cream
- 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 24.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
- 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 28.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
- 29.👋 You meet a new classmate called Anil. The name means “wind”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) covered in blue paint (b) glowing like the sun (c) hair blown by the wind (d) holding the Earth
- 30.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) has no pattern
- 31.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “your birthday” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wins (b) Neat Eat Seven Wins (c) Eat Seven Wins Neat (d) Wins Seven Eat Neat
- 34.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) it speeds up (c) you forget more (d) nothing changes
- 35.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) turn into fruit (b) make food using sunlight (c) take in water from soil (d) hold the plant firm
- 37.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) tricks (d) steps
- 40.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
Answer key
- Neat Every Seven Wise
- earlier, with more time
- the letters make no word
- a funny, moving one
- one word holds a list
- make food using sunlight
- step 1
- staying up very late
- long-term memory
- short-term memory
- done
- initials match the list
- noticing the face
- step 1
- a first-letter sentence
- staying up very late
- False
- helps memory
- a weak way
- Jump Frogs Mice All
- knock
- tent
- lets it fade
- True
- 6
- root
- helps attention
- taking short notes
- hair blown by the wind
- means something to you
- True
- True
- Neat Eat Seven Wins
- it slows down
- hurts memory
- turn into fruit
- False
- an acronym
- tricks
- 80
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