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.📅 The digits 15071994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 150/719/94 (b) 15/0719/94 (c) 1507/19/94 (d) 15/07/1994
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) notes while listening (d) asking a question
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an apple by the school gate, a jeep by the classroom door, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the notice board, a mango by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) inkpot (b) jeep (c) banana (d) mango
- 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching your sibling (c) closed-book writing (d) only listening again
- 8.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) mez (c) aam (d) paani
- 10.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reading it once only
- 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) checking messages (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
- 14.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 15.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a quiet place to study (d) notes while listening
- 16.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 74 (b) 73 (c) 72 (d) 71
- 17.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
- 18.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) roots (d) leaves
- 21.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) hold the plant firm (c) green, flat and thin (d) take in water from soil
- 23.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) smell (b) sight (c) touch (d) taste
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for vase, jeep, watch, owl is “Vans Jump Wet ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Uncle (c) Only (d) Eight
- 25.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “for sure”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) definitly (b) definitely (c) definately (d) defenitely
- 26.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) the word in small print (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a bright red flying cow
- 28.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) only a teacher (d) anyone, even a toy
- 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 30.True or false: “studying very hungry” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
- 32.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) your birthday (c) a new word for a minute (d) how to swim
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, lemon, igloo, net is “___ Lazy Ice Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Red (c) Silly (d) Eat
- 34.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) skipping revision (c) linking to what you know (d) reviewing the next day
- 35.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) you are bad at it (c) a gap to study again (d) the topic is useless
- 36.📐 In the 11 times table up to 11 × 9, each answer… (a) ends in 0 (b) is always odd (c) repeats the digit (d) ends in 5
- 37.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
- 38.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) not asking again (b) looking at your phone (c) thinking of your reply (d) saying the name back
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) watching fireworks (c) stroking soft fur (d) hearing a dog bark
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
Answer key
- 15/07/1994
- chatting in class
- 5
- jeep
- step 1
- step 3
- only listening again
- sound patterns stick
- aam
- passive review
- a rhyme
- reading it once only
- eyes on the speaker
- means something to you
- three tasks at once
- 72
- note it, then go back
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- flowers
- True
- green, flat and thin
- sight
- Only
- definitely
- False
- the word in small print
- anyone, even a toy
- step 1
- False
- learn the topic
- a new word for a minute
- Red
- skipping revision
- a gap to study again
- repeats the digit
- March
- saying the name back
- stroking soft fur
- chunking
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