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 far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) say it aloud (b) cram it the last night (c) use it in a few sums (d) a formula card
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 199259668. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 199 259 6688 (b) 192 596 68 (c) 199 259 668 (d) 199 529 668
- 4.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 6.🃏 You test yourself on 18 formulas and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) a colour for each branch (c) small doodles (d) one key word per branch
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wet Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wet
- 10.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a bus made of ice (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a sock that smells awful
- 11.🃏 You test yourself on 14 spellings and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 12.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting salty chips (c) smelling wet earth (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 14.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) no reason (c) it saves ink (d) quick to see and recall
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant sits on a monkey; the monkey rolls into an owl; the owl tickles a frog; the frog jumps over a mirror. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) owl (b) frog (c) mirror (d) monkey
- 16.🗓️ Your exam is in 11 days. You have 4 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a blurry shape
- 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, umpire, ice cream, rose, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UIRAD (b) UDIRA (c) DUIRA (d) ARIUD
- 19.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) small doodles (c) long sentences (d) copying a whole page
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 21.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) tests are just fun (c) it is faster to read (d) recalling makes it stick
- 22.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts the night before (b) late nights every day (c) self-tests every week (d) no breaks at all
- 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) star (c) world (d) planet
- 25.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
- 26.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, violin, onion, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VWOI (b) WVOI (c) VOIW (d) IOVW
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 29.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: never use it in sums? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 30.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, net, ball, igloo is “Tea Nani Bakes ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Red (c) Nani (d) Ink
- 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 33.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
- 34.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 6, 10 (b) days 5, 7, 9 (c) days 7, 9, 10 (d) all on day 10
- 35.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) elephant (c) rocket (d) honesty
- 36.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 38.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 12, 13 (b) all on day 13 (c) days 6, 8, 10 (d) days 5, 8, 13
- 39.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) read it once (b) know what each letter is (c) skip what letters mean (d) cram it the last night
- 40.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
Answer key
- True
- cram it the last night
- 199 259 668
- False
- lets it fade
- 14
- VIBGYOR
- all in one colour
- Neat Every Seven Wet
- a normal-sized cup
- 5
- tasting salty chips
- step 3
- quick to see and recall
- frog
- 3
- a blurry shape
- DUIRA
- small doodles
- what each letter means
- recalling makes it stick
- 11
- self-tests every week
- one
- new words in a language
- 14
- WVOI
- a strong picture
- a weak way
- read it again, focused
- Ink
- first letters as a word
- an acronym
- days 4, 6, 10
- honesty
- short-term memory
- a good mind map
- days 5, 8, 13
- know what each letter is
- keep linking in order
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