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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a mango by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the stairs, a monkey by the classroom door, a key by the school gate, a fan by the notice board. What did you place by the stairs? (a) mango (b) monkey (c) key (d) rose
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the kitchen, an anchor by the TV, a radio by the sofa, an ice cream by the dining table, a drum by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) ice cream (b) radio (c) guava (d) anchor
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very stressed (b) skipping breakfast (c) staying up very late (d) a full night’s sleep
- 4.📅 The digits 24092012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0920/12 (b) 2409/20/12 (c) 240/920/12 (d) 24/09/2012
- 5.🔗 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
- 6.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wins Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Silly (c) Yaks (d) Lions
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) tables learned long ago (c) how to swim (d) your birthday
- 12.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) sun
- 13.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing after a week (b) linking to what you know (c) using it in a sum (d) studying when sleepy
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) read words (b) hear a bell (c) see colours (d) smell smoke
- 16.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) study even more (c) buy memory pills (d) tell a parent or doctor
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bunny Goats Young ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Owls (c) Crazy (d) Aunty
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) late nights every day (b) only easy subjects (c) old topics come back (d) no breaks at all
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one subject all week (b) has short breaks (c) no time for review (d) only easy subjects
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 21.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
- 22.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “thinking of your reply” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in any order
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping breakfast (b) an all-night cram (c) revising before bed (d) screens till midnight
- 26.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all reviews on one day (b) a little every day (c) 4 hours the night before (d) learning it all at once
- 27.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: old topics come back? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 29.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) water and a short break (b) give up for the day (c) keep going for hours (d) eat lots of sweets
- 30.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
- 33.📅 The digits 03062025 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/06/2025 (b) 0306/20/25 (c) 030/620/25 (d) 03/0620/25
- 34.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) copying a whole page (c) topic in the centre (d) a colour for each branch
- 35.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 36.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sound (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sits on an orange; the orange crashes into a whistle; the whistle rolls into a watch; the watch pulls a rose. Which item comes right after the van? (a) orange (b) whistle (c) van (d) watch
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) testing yourself (c) linking to what you know (d) a good night’s sleep
- 39.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) a quiet place to study
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, mango, drum? (a) Mum Uncle Dad (b) Mum Dad Uncle (c) Dad Mum Uncle (d) Uncle Mum Dad
Answer key
- rose
- radio
- a full night’s sleep
- 24/09/2012
- link it to the next item
- False
- step 2
- Silly
- 8
- short-term memory
- a number you just heard
- rain
- True
- studying when sleepy
- hear a bell
- tell a parent or doctor
- Owls
- old topics come back
- has short breaks
- what each letter means
- numbers and letter lists
- True
- True
- in the same order
- revising before bed
- a little every day
- a good timetable
- a strong picture
- water and a short break
- True
- False
- evaporation
- 03/06/2025
- copying a whole page
- lets it fade
- sight
- orange
- learning without meaning
- a quiet place to study
- Uncle Mum Dad
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