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: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) how to swim (c) an OTP you just got (d) your home address
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 5.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) it looks empty (c) it saves ink (d) quick to see and recall
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 7.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) king (d) cake
- 8.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) give up the plan (b) adjust the plan calmly (c) skip that topic (d) study all night
- 9.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 12.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a chart of the days and months”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) calandar (b) calendar (c) calander (d) calindar
- 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets
- 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, ice cream, apple, frog is “Wise Ink ___ Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) All (c) Jolly (d) Kind
- 16.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 776880139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 776 880 193 (b) 776 880 1339 (c) 776 880 139 (d) 776 880 13
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, umpire, tent, watch, lamp is “Dad ___ Tea Wise Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Under (c) Dad (d) Red
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a parrot by the TV, an inkpot by the dining table, a lemon by the kitchen, a whistle by the bed, a radio by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) radio (b) lemon (c) parrot (d) inkpot
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 514973552. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 514 973 5522 (b) 514 973 552 (c) 514 793 552 (d) 514 735 52
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) we forget without review
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 872984923144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8729 8492 3414 (b) 8729 8492 31444 (c) 8729 8492 314 (d) 8729 8492 3144
- 25.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: skip what letters mean? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 29.True or false: “cram it the last night” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) say it aloud (b) use it in a few sums (c) cram it the last night (d) see where it comes from
- 31.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
- 32.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) test yourself weekly (b) mix up the letters (c) cram it the last night (d) never use it in sums
- 33.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) you forget more (c) it speeds up (d) nothing changes
- 34.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) copying a whole page (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) lines that link ideas
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting raw mango (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a whistle
- 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) tell (b) spell (c) kite (d) wing
- 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 38.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) has short breaks (b) one subject all week (c) no spare days (d) no time for review
- 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) studying when sleepy (c) reading it once only (d) making a picture of it
Answer key
- True
- Mercury
- an OTP you just got
- lets it fade
- quick to see and recall
- helps you keep it
- cake
- adjust the plan calmly
- note it, then go back
- 5
- short-term memory
- calendar
- the rainbow colours
- breaks attention
- All
- True
- 776 880 139
- one reading is enough
- Under
- parrot
- a strong picture
- 514 973 552
- we forget without review
- 8729 8492 3144
- False
- True
- a weak way
- step 2
- True
- cram it the last night
- read it again, focused
- test yourself weekly
- it slows down
- lines that link ideas
- hearing a whistle
- kite
- find a sound-alike word
- has short breaks
- a clear, tidy desk
- making a picture of it
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