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.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 2.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) after a year
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 5.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a pencil that dances (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, candle, parrot, key is “___ Cook Pigs Kites”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) My (c) Red (d) Goats
- 7.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 8.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 9.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) your birthday (c) a number you just heard (d) your mother tongue
- 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 11.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) that item is lost (c) you get an extra item (d) nothing changes
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat sings to a kite; the kite pulls a violin; the violin tickles an owl; the owl crashes into a wallet. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) kite (b) goat (c) violin (d) wallet
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting raw mango (b) smelling jasmine (c) tasting bitter karela (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 16.True or false: “your best friend’s name” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, jug, pencil, rose, banana is “Lazy Jeeps ___ Runs Bunny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Dance (c) Play (d) Nani
- 18.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the world around us”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) envirnment (b) environmint (c) environment (d) enviroment
- 19.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 12 Hindi words and get 4 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 20.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) one long session only (c) making a picture of it (d) learning without meaning
- 21.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 22.📅 The digits 05012019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0120/19 (b) 05/01/2019 (c) 0501/20/19 (d) 050/120/19
- 23.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) king (d) tree
- 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 25.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) the last line you read (c) a new word for a minute (d) how to swim
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing with cards (c) watching it again (d) highlighting everything
- 28.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wet (b) Eight Seven Wet Nani (c) Wet Seven Eight Nani (d) Nani Eight Seven Wet
- 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mum All (b) All Mum Fly Jump (c) Jump Fly Mum All (d) Fly Mum All Jump
- 32.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 formulas and get 10 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) say it aloud (b) test yourself weekly (c) mix up the letters (d) see where it comes from
- 34.👋 You pictured a new friend in a bright ray of light. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Sona (b) Prithvi (c) Anil (d) Kiran
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
- 36.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 37.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 38.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
- 39.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: revising before bed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 40.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
Answer key
- hurts memory
- later today and tomorrow
- chunking
- a first-letter sentence
- a pencil that dances
- Goats
- long-term memory
- spaced practice
- a number you just heard
- helps attention
- that item is lost
- violin
- teaching your sibling
- picture the first item
- seeing a red kite fly
- True
- Play
- environment
- 3
- making a picture of it
- splitting into groups
- 05/01/2019
- tree
- link it to the meaning
- how to swim
- 6
- quizzing with cards
- True
- Nani Eight Seven Wet
- what each letter means
- Jump Fly Mum All
- 12
- mix up the letters
- Kiran
- ELPA
- sounds like the new word
- False
- you keep what you notice
- helps memory
- one word holds a list
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