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 step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 5.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 6.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck pulls an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a goat; the goat sings to an inkpot; the inkpot sits on a ladder. Which item comes right after the igloo? (a) goat (b) igloo (c) inkpot (d) ladder
- 8.True or false: “the last line you read” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat chases a mirror; the mirror sings to a key; the key crashes into a ball; the ball rolls into a violin. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) mirror (b) violin (c) key (d) ball
- 11.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 13.Which of these is cramming? (a) all reviews on one day (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) old topics each Sunday (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all reviews on one day (b) 4 hours the night before (c) no review until the test (d) a little every day
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, umbrella, inkpot, flute is “Cook Under Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Tiny (c) Funny (d) Mum
- 16.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a frog by the fruit cart, an umpire by the swing, a jeep by the bench, a guava by the park gate, a mirror by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) umpire (b) guava (c) jeep (d) frog
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 19.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 20.👋 You meet a new classmate called Sagar. The name means “sea”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) floating up in the sky (b) riding a big sea wave (c) sitting on a cloud (d) carrying many books
- 21.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 23.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 24.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hope for the best (b) hear it once (c) read it once (d) review and use it often
- 25.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) out of the window (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your phone (d) on your friend
- 26.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) a colour for each branch (d) long sentences
- 27.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) staying up very late (c) hours with no break (d) screens till midnight
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5673386218. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 338 6281 (b) 567 338 6218 (c) 567 336 218 (d) 556 733 86218
- 29.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) thinking of your reply (b) not asking again (c) looking at your phone (d) asking how to spell it
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short study breaks (b) playing outdoors (c) staying up very late (d) drinking enough water
- 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pills give super memory (d) we forget without review
- 32.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 1 or 6 (b) 0 or 5 (c) any digit (d) 2 or 7
- 33.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 11, 12 (b) days 7, 10, 13 (c) all on day 12 (d) days 5, 7, 12
- 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) mez (c) paay (d) chaabi
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 4802516673. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 516 673 (b) 480 251 6637 (c) 480 251 6673 (d) 448 025 16673
- 38.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) muscle memory (b) long-term memory (c) short-term memory (d) no memory
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat sits on a spoon; the spoon bounces onto a lemon; the lemon tickles an onion; the onion crashes into a nest. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) lemon (b) onion (c) spoon (d) cat
Answer key
- step 4
- a first-letter sentence
- helps you keep it
- step 2
- to keep the order
- phone in another room
- goat
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- ball
- False
- helps memory
- all reviews on one day
- a little every day
- Funny
- spaced practice
- jeep
- a weak picture
- helps you keep it
- riding a big sea wave
- False
- fix stops in order
- helps memory
- review and use it often
- on the teacher and board
- long sentences
- a full night’s sleep
- 567 338 6218
- asking how to spell it
- staying up very late
- pills give super memory
- 0 or 5
- days 5, 7, 12
- chatting in class
- mez
- AANSAEA
- 480 251 6673
- short-term memory
- VIBGYOR
- spoon
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