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: “a bright red flying cow” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) white (b) tell (c) plane (d) sell
- 3.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) buy new pens (b) copy a friend (c) start the last day (d) write the exam dates
- 4.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 5.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 2 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
- 7.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 8.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a blurry shape (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a list of words only
- 9.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 10.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 11 (b) days 6, 9, 11 (c) days 4, 7, 11 (d) days 4, 6, 8
- 11.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) ideas with no links (c) small doodles (d) lines that link ideas
- 12.📅 The digits 16062024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1606/20/24 (b) 16/0620/24 (c) 160/620/24 (d) 16/06/2024
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) studying half-asleep (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
- 14.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 18 (d) 20
- 15.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 16.True or false: “rushing the greeting” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) cane (c) lake (d) plane
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
- 19.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
- 20.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 21.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: never using the name? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 22.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) directions told just now (b) a price you just heard (c) your best friend’s name (d) a carry while adding
- 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) staring at the page (c) closed-book writing (d) answering old questions
- 25.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a plant we eat, like a carrot”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) vegetable (b) vegtable (c) vegetabel (d) vegitable
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cloud (b) cat (c) fish (d) school
- 27.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) copy it 50 times blindly (b) read it once (c) know what each letter is (d) cram it the last night
- 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) checking messages (c) scrolling while reading (d) eyes on the speaker
- 29.📅 The digits 28071956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/0719/56 (b) 28/07/1956 (c) 2807/19/56 (d) 280/719/56
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nine Silly Wet (b) Nine Eat Silly Wet (c) Eat Silly Wet Nine (d) Wet Silly Eat Nine
- 31.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) learning it all at once (b) no review until the test (c) one huge session (d) short reviews over weeks
- 32.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it doesn’t matter
- 33.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) colour it again (c) redraw it from memory (d) throw it away
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying the name back (b) writing it down later (c) linking it to a picture (d) never using the name
- 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) leaves (d) stem
- 37.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) 2 hours the last night (b) 20 minutes on 6 days (c) one look today (d) nothing until the day
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) a colour for each branch (c) small doodles (d) all in one colour
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) taste sour (b) read words (c) see colours (d) hear a bell
Answer key
- False
- plane
- write the exam dates
- a strong picture
- 80
- the rainbow colours
- long-term memory
- a kite as big as a house
- first letters as a word
- days 4, 7, 11
- ideas with no links
- 16/06/2024
- a goal for each session
- 20
- passive review
- False
- lake
- JFMA
- 19 and 47
- active recall
- loses names
- picture the first item
- your best friend’s name
- staring at the page
- vegetable
- cat
- know what each letter is
- eyes on the speaker
- 28/07/1956
- Nine Eat Silly Wet
- short reviews over weeks
- you keep what you notice
- redraw it from memory
- never using the name
- step 3
- stem
- 20 minutes on 6 days
- step 4
- all in one colour
- hear a bell
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