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: “no spare days” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in a corner
- 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a jug by the blackboard, a watch by the notice board, a fan by the classroom door, a banana by the stairs, a jeep by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the watch? (a) classroom door (b) teacher’s desk (c) notice board (d) stairs
- 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 13, 18, 20 (b) all on day 20 (c) days 8, 13, 20 (d) days 10, 14, 18
- 6.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a whistle by the swing, an umpire by the fruit cart, a van by the park gate, an orange by the slide, a vase by the bench. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) van (b) whistle (c) vase (d) umpire
- 8.True or false: “drinking enough water” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) rake (b) run (c) key (d) plane
- 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 11.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Europe
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 16.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 17.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) cramming the last night (c) one long session only (d) using it in a sum
- 18.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 12 (b) days 7, 10, 13 (c) days 9, 11, 12 (d) days 5, 7, 12
- 19.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: mix up the letters? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
- 21.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
- 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
- 24.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) memory is fixed (c) forgetting starts late (d) we never forget
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 623800217876. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6238 0021 776 (b) 6238 0021 7876 (c) 6233 8002 17876 (d) 6238 0012 7876
- 26.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you should give up (b) you are not smart (c) memory is broken (d) you need a review
- 27.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a new word for a minute (c) your birthday (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 28.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) make it small and plain (c) keep it still (d) make it grey
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) one long session only (c) skipping revision (d) testing yourself
- 30.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) revising before bed (c) fruit and vegetables (d) a calm, happy mind
- 31.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) cram it the last night (b) use it in a few sums (c) mix up the letters (d) never use it in sums
- 32.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) 4 hours the night before (b) old topics each Sunday (c) all reviews on one day (d) starting the exam eve
- 34.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) read it once (b) picture a tiled floor (c) copy it blindly (d) skip it
- 35.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) it starts with “per” (b) it rhymes with gate (c) it has a double e (d) there is “a rat” in it
- 36.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 38.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) linking to what you know (d) studying when sleepy
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting everything (c) teaching your sibling (d) closed-book writing
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
Answer key
- True
- topic in a corner
- step 4
- notice board
- days 8, 13, 20
- numbers and letter lists
- umpire
- True
- key
- step 1
- False
- False
- hear the new word
- Australia
- link it to the meaning
- sight
- using it in a sum
- days 5, 7, 12
- a weak way
- in the same order
- to keep the order
- notice it
- learn the topic
- we forget fast at first
- 6238 0021 7876
- you need a review
- a new word for a minute
- make it big and funny
- testing yourself
- sitting still all day
- use it in a few sums
- False
- old topics each Sunday
- picture a tiled floor
- there is “a rat” in it
- False
- short-term memory
- studying when sleepy
- highlighting everything
- a silly, funny one
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