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.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) eat lots of sweets (b) water and a short break (c) keep going for hours (d) give up for the day
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 3.📅 The digits 09081985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0819/85 (b) 09/08/1985 (c) 090/819/85 (d) 0908/19/85
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, vase, radio? (a) Rani Vines Fly (b) Fly Vines Rani (c) Vines Fly Rani (d) Vines Rani Fly
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 5121953720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 512 195 7320 (b) 512 195 37200 (c) 121 953 720 (d) 512 195 3720
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 7.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) never test it (b) wait a month (c) review it sooner (d) throw it away for good
- 8.✏️ 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
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Fly ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Wet (c) Mice (d) Runs
- 12.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 13.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 15.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
- 16.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your mother tongue (b) the national anthem (c) an OTP you just got (d) your home address
- 17.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 18.True or false: “know what each letter is” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
- 21.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) cramming lasts for years
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blank-page recall (b) quizzing with cards (c) only listening again (d) closed-book writing
- 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) topic in a corner (c) all in one colour (d) copying a whole page
- 25.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 5, the tens digit is 5 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 5. What is 9 × 5?
- 26.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) taste (b) sight (c) sound (d) smell
- 27.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) only easy subjects (c) sleep time kept (d) mixes subjects each day
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) fruit and vegetables (c) sitting still all day (d) a full night’s sleep
- 29.True or false: “all reviews on one day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Seven Runs (b) Runs Seven Love Frogs (c) Seven Runs Love Frogs (d) Seven Love Frogs Runs
- 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) attention comes first (c) you keep all you read (d) sleep helps you learn
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make food using sunlight (c) carries water upward (d) grow under the ground
- 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
- 35.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 36.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) copy a friend (b) write the exam dates (c) buy new pens (d) start the last day
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) lane (b) knock (c) kite (d) lake
- 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 40.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your mother tongue (c) how to swim (d) the last line you read
Answer key
- water and a short break
- NESW
- 09/08/1985
- Fly Vines Rani
- 512 195 3720
- step 2
- review it sooner
- the letters make no word
- link it to the meaning
- helps you keep it
- Mice
- 65
- explain it simply
- step 3
- we never reviewed them
- an OTP you just got
- 18
- False
- flower
- RSLF
- everyone forgets things
- only listening again
- helps attention
- details on small twigs
- 45
- sight
- only easy subjects
- sitting still all day
- False
- Runs Seven Love Frogs
- you keep all you read
- an acronym
- carries water upward
- notice it
- lets it fade
- write the exam dates
- a first-letter sentence
- lake
- green
- the last line you read
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