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.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts the night before? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 2.👋 You meet a new classmate called Megha. The name means “cloud”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) sitting on a cloud (b) riding a big sea wave (c) in soft moonlight (d) with a shiny diamond
- 3.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) starts weeks early (b) one subject all week (c) old topics come back (d) has short breaks
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) stem (d) flowers
- 5.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 2, the tens digit is 2 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 2. What is 9 × 2?
- 6.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) nothing changes (c) it comes back alone (d) that item is lost
- 7.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Play All Eat (b) All Play Lions Eat (c) Lions Eat Play All (d) Eat Lions Play All
- 9.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “for sure”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) definitly (b) definately (c) defenitely (d) definitely
- 10.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) skipping revision (b) testing yourself (c) a good night’s sleep (d) using it in a sum
- 11.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
- 12.True or false: “old topics each Sunday” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 14.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 15.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “no spare days” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.📐 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
- 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 20.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 21.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 19 formulas and get 12 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 22.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: read it once? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a parrot by the swing, an orange by the fruit cart, a rose by the post box, a wallet by the park gate, an apple by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) apple (b) parrot (c) orange (d) wallet
- 24.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) after the exam (b) earlier, with more time (c) nowhere (d) the last night
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, needle, monkey, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMTK (b) NKMT (c) KNMT (d) TMNK
- 26.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) small doodles (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in a corner
- 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 28.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 30.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) there is “a rat” in it (b) it rhymes with gate (c) it starts with “per” (d) it has a double e
- 31.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 32.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 28 (b) 26 (c) 23 (d) 25
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 35.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) using it in a sentence (b) rushing the greeting (c) not asking again (d) hearing it only once
- 36.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a lemon by the stairs, a jeep by the classroom door, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the notice board, a duck by the school gate. Where did you place the lemon? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) school gate (d) classroom door
- 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) re-reading the chapter (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting everything
- 40.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a poor timetable
- sitting on a cloud
- one subject all week
- flowers
- 18
- that item is lost
- 8
- Eat Lions Play All
- definitely
- skipping revision
- learn the topic
- True
- helps you keep it
- long-term memory
- True
- True
- 7
- repeats the digit
- the letters make no word
- 10
- 4
- a weak way
- wallet
- earlier, with more time
- KNMT
- topic in a corner
- hear the new word
- helps you keep it
- MVEMJSUN
- there is “a rat” in it
- passive review
- 25
- in the same order
- helps attention
- using it in a sentence
- True
- 15
- stairs
- covering the answers
- True
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