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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 2.👀 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
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, fan, shoe, apple, bucket is “Toys Frogs ___ Aunty Big”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Inside (c) Pink (d) Seven
- 4.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 5.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a plain grey box (c) a list of words only (d) a bright red flying cow
- 6.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 7.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 61 (b) 63 (c) 58 (d) 60
- 8.📐 In the 11 times table up to 11 × 9, each answer… (a) is always odd (b) repeats the digit (c) ends in 5 (d) ends in 0
- 9.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 10.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 8, the tens digit is 8 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 8. What is 9 × 8?
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 12.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) no reason (b) to make them longer (c) to change the number (d) fewer things to hold
- 13.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📅 The digits 14072024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/07/2024 (b) 1407/20/24 (c) 14/0720/24 (d) 140/720/24
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) a carry while adding (c) a new word for a minute (d) your best friend’s name
- 17.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) no limit (b) only a few (c) a whole book (d) hundreds
- 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: playing outdoors? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in a corner (c) copying a whole page (d) lines that link ideas
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make food using sunlight (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
- 23.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 24.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear voices” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
- 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 27.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) the last night (b) earlier, with more time (c) nowhere (d) after the exam
- 28.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) fruit and vegetables (c) drinking enough water (d) skipping breakfast
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) highlighting everything (c) closed-book writing (d) staring at the page
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 31.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on your friend
- 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
- 34.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no time for review (b) only easy subjects (c) no spare days (d) old topics come back
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ice cream, vase, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVID (b) IDVR (c) IVRD (d) DIVR
- 40.True or false: “your birthday” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- step 1
- read it again, focused
- Seven
- yes, with new pictures
- a bright red flying cow
- hurts memory
- 60
- repeats the digit
- active recall
- 72
- step 4
- fewer things to hold
- False
- 14/07/2024
- 6
- your best friend’s name
- False
- only a few
- helps memory
- lines that link ideas
- step 3
- make food using sunlight
- 14
- False
- store it
- what each letter means
- earlier, with more time
- skipping breakfast
- closed-book writing
- in the same order
- on the teacher and board
- False
- AANSAEA
- True
- sound patterns stick
- step 4
- a fact
- old topics come back
- DIVR
- True
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