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.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) phone in another room (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 2.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: copy it 50 times blindly? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory
- 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 5.🔢 Use the pattern of the 11 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 11 times table? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 32 (d) 34
- 6.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) start a new topic (c) hide them (d) review them, test again
- 7.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the second month”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Febrary (b) Februry (c) February (d) Febuary
- 8.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these helps your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) feeling very stressed (c) hours with no break (d) skipping breakfast
- 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 11.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 12.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 13.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) writing it neatly
- 14.True or false: “sleep time kept” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no breaks at all (b) late nights every day (c) no time for review (d) starts weeks early
- 16.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a far-off still tree (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a plain grey box
- 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 18.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a frog by the fruit cart, a cat by the post box, a candle by the banyan tree, a drum by the swing, a tiger by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) candle (b) tiger (c) drum (d) cat
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 739681045. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 739 668 1045 (b) 739 861 045 (c) 739 681 045 (d) 739 680 45
- 21.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 22.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Lazy Play ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Ants (c) Yum (d) Kids
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) teaching your sibling (c) blank-page recall (d) covering the answers
- 27.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 28.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 33.🃏 You test yourself on 19 flashcards and get 12 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) one task at a time (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) eyes on the speaker
- 35.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 14, 18 (b) days 11, 13, 14 (c) days 7, 9, 14 (d) all on day 14
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 37.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) sleep time kept (b) mixes subjects each day (c) no breaks at all (d) self-tests every week
- 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn jumps over a duck; the duck chases a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a doll; the doll falls into a jug. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) duck (b) jug (c) doll (d) bucket
Answer key
- daydreaming in class
- a weak way
- everyone forgets things
- step 4
- 33
- review them, test again
- February
- True
- fruit and vegetables
- step 3
- a good timetable
- helps you keep it
- bringing it back to mind
- True
- starts weeks early
- a laughing tiffin box
- chunking
- fix stops in order
- drum
- 739 681 045
- means something to you
- explain it simply
- a weak picture
- Ants
- a silly, funny one
- copying notes neatly
- numbers and letter lists
- splitting into groups
- 5
- 60
- find a sound-alike word
- step 1
- 7
- studying half-asleep
- days 7, 9, 14
- link it to the next item
- True
- no breaks at all
- step 2
- bucket
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