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 memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 3.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) read it once (b) spell it aloud backwards (c) copy it 100 times (d) look-cover-write-check
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lions Funny (b) Silly Lions Funny Red (c) Funny Lions Silly Red (d) Red Silly Lions Funny
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) details on small twigs (c) small doodles (d) topic in a corner
- 6.True or false: “main” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 8.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) it comes back alone (d) that item is lost
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) learning is useless
- 11.📚 You must revise 6 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 12.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) studying very hungry (c) a healthy breakfast (d) skipping breakfast
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jump (b) All My Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny My All (d) Funny Jump My All
- 14.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) only a short while (b) until next month (c) for years (d) forever
- 15.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 dates and get 15 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 17.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 19.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: asking how to spell it? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, spoon, jalebi? (a) Uncle Silly Jump (b) Jump Silly Uncle (c) Silly Jump Uncle (d) Silly Uncle Jump
- 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 22.True or false: “studying very hungry” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wet (b) Eat Sing Wet Nani (c) Nani Eat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Nani
- 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 25.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 27.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) violet (d) green
- 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) chatting in class (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
- 30.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) make seeds (c) turn into fruit (d) holds up the leaves
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) an all-night cram (c) a healthy breakfast (d) feeling very stressed
- 34.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a far-off still tree (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 37.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: revising before bed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 38.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “apart, not together”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) separete (b) separate (c) seprate (d) seperate
- 39.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the day after today”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) tommorow (b) tomorow (c) tommorrow (d) tomorrow
Answer key
- step 1
- long-term memory
- look-cover-write-check
- Red Silly Lions Funny
- topic in a corner
- True
- put pictures at stops
- that item is lost
- link it to the next item
- we never reviewed them
- 3
- a healthy breakfast
- Jump Funny My All
- only a short while
- False
- 6
- False
- True
- helps with names
- Uncle Silly Jump
- active recall
- True
- Nani Eat Sing Wet
- helps you keep it
- fix stops in order
- step 1
- indigo
- a first-letter sentence
- a quiet place to study
- False
- step 4
- holds up the leaves
- a healthy breakfast
- True
- yes, with new pictures
- a far-off still tree
- helps memory
- separate
- False
- tomorrow
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