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.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 2.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) long sentences (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) ideas with no links
- 3.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) a desk full of toys
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat ___ Pink Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Vines (c) Ink (d) Crazy
- 7.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 8.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 9.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a spoon by the slide, an apple by the park gate, a guava by the swing, a kettle by the banyan tree, a tiger by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) tiger (b) kettle (c) apple (d) guava
- 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase rolls into a fan; the fan jumps over a wallet; the wallet crashes into a frog; the frog pulls a glass. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) wallet (b) vase (c) fan (d) frog
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 14.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 15.😴 You go to bed at 8:00 PM and wake up at 4:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 16.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a flower in a POOL
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a goal for each session (c) one task at a time (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 18.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 1 or 6 (b) 0 or 5 (c) any digit (d) 2 or 7
- 19.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kettle by the park gate, an owl by the bench, a vase by the slide, a tent by the swing, a lemon by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) tent (b) vase (c) lemon (d) owl
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 8241835940. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 824 183 5940 (b) 824 835 940 (c) 824 183 59400 (d) 284 183 5940
- 22.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting everything (c) re-reading the chapter (d) staring at the page
- 23.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 13 (b) days 8, 12, 13 (c) days 3, 7, 13 (d) days 5, 8, 11
- 24.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) daydreaming in class (d) phone in another room
- 25.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear voices” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 229228126. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 229 228 126 (b) 222 922 8126 (c) 292 228 126 (d) 229 228 16
- 27.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 29.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Ants Ink Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Cats (c) All (d) Owls
- 31.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a list of words only
- 32.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) making a picture of it
- 34.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) mix up the letters (b) cram it the last night (c) read it once (d) a formula card
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it down later (b) saying the name back (c) never using the name (d) using it in a sentence
- 37.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 38.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 40.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
Answer key
- a myth
- a colour for each branch
- True
- False
- a clear, tidy desk
- Crazy
- 9
- a good timetable
- step 1
- tiger
- collection
- fan
- step 4
- 13
- 8
- a SACK full of sugar
- studying half-asleep
- 0 or 5
- False
- vase
- 824 183 5940
- covering the answers
- days 3, 7, 13
- daydreaming in class
- False
- 229 228 126
- helps memory
- hear the new word
- True
- All
- a frog wearing a crown
- True
- reading it once only
- a formula card
- chunking
- never using the name
- 19
- False
- a poor mind map
- 16
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