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: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noticing the face (b) writing it down later (c) rushing the greeting (d) using it in a sentence
- 3.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) twice (d) more
- 5.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: writing it down later? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 6.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 8, 13 (b) all on day 13 (c) days 8, 11, 13 (d) days 5, 7, 9
- 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) short planned breaks (c) chatting in class (d) three tasks at once
- 8.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 9.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) today or tomorrow (c) next month (d) never
- 10.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no spare days (b) no time for review (c) sleep time kept (d) one subject all week
- 11.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) screens till midnight (c) fruit and vegetables (d) revising before bed
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) a good night’s sleep (c) explaining to a friend (d) never testing yourself
- 13.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 8, 14 (b) days 7, 11, 15 (c) all on day 14 (d) days 9, 13, 14
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) green, flat and thin
- 15.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) fewer things to hold (b) no reason (c) to make them longer (d) to change the number
- 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) steps (c) games (d) songs
- 17.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a price you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, tomato, parrot? (a) Toys Goats Play (b) Goats Toys Play (c) Toys Play Goats (d) Play Toys Goats
- 20.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) a funny, moving one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
- 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 22.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the second month”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Febuary (b) Febrary (c) February (d) Februry
- 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 25.True or false: “highlighting everything” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 27.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) buy memory pills (c) study even more (d) tell a parent or doctor
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) sitting still all day (c) a healthy breakfast (d) a full night’s sleep
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan crashes into a guava; the guava falls into a kite; the kite chases a duck; the duck sings to a needle. Which item comes right after the fan? (a) duck (b) guava (c) needle (d) kite
- 30.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) grow under the ground (c) hold the plant firm (d) make food using sunlight
- 32.True or false: “your home address” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) asking a question (c) three tasks at once (d) eyes on the speaker
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one subject all week (b) only easy subjects (c) late nights every day (d) old topics come back
- 36.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) taste (b) touch (c) sight (d) sound
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 and 947
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a sock by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the blackboard, an ice cream by the library, a key by the classroom door, an ant by the stairs. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) ice cream (b) sock (c) key (d) ball
- 40.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
Answer key
- False
- rushing the greeting
- spaced practice
- more
- helps with names
- days 5, 8, 13
- short planned breaks
- 5
- today or tomorrow
- sleep time kept
- screens till midnight
- never testing yourself
- days 4, 8, 14
- green, flat and thin
- fewer things to hold
- tricks
- True
- short-term memory
- Goats Toys Play
- a funny, moving one
- link it to the next item
- February
- breaks attention
- a fact
- False
- step 1
- tell a parent or doctor
- sitting still all day
- guava
- False
- holds up the leaves
- True
- a fact
- three tasks at once
- old topics come back
- touch
- a rhyme
- 19 and 47
- ball
- close the book
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