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.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it is faster to read (b) tests are just fun (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
- 2.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) read it again, focused (c) skip the chapter (d) turn the TV on
- 3.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
- 4.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
- 6.Which of these is cramming? (a) 4 hours the night before (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) old topics each Sunday (d) gaps that grow longer
- 7.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the people who run a country”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) government (b) govenment (c) goverment (d) governmint
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ant, pillow? (a) Ants Mice Pink (b) Pink Ants Mice (c) Ants Pink Mice (d) Mice Ants Pink
- 9.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Asia (c) North America (d) South America
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Seven
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 12.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) rushing the greeting (b) hearing it only once (c) thinking of your reply (d) noticing the face
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, net, sock, lemon is “___ Nine Seven Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Vans (c) Lions (d) Nani
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ladder by the TV, an umbrella by the shoe rack, a lemon by the sofa, a violin by the door, a shoe by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umbrella (b) shoe (c) lemon (d) ladder
- 15.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) writing it tiny (c) a beat or a tune (d) saying it once quietly
- 16.📅 The digits 25051979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0519/79 (b) 2505/19/79 (c) 25/05/1979 (d) 250/519/79
- 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, tomato, wallet, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OWTR (b) RTWO (c) TWOR (d) TRWO
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no review until the test (b) all reviews on one day (c) old topics each Sunday (d) starting the exam eve
- 19.🔢 Use the pattern of the 11 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 11 times table? (a) 76 (b) 87 (c) 78 (d) 77
- 20.👋 You meet a new classmate called Vidya. The name means “learning”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) sitting on a cloud (b) holding the Earth (c) carrying many books (d) riding a big sea wave
- 21.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) sleep time kept (b) no breaks at all (c) no spare days (d) only easy subjects
- 22.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 23.True or false: “skipping breakfast” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, whistle, violin, mirror, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WVMSN (b) SMVWN (c) NWVMS (d) WNVMS
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) fish (b) monkey (c) eye (d) table
- 27.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) explaining it aloud
- 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum All Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps Mum All (c) All Mum Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mum All
- 30.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) skipping revision (c) cramming the last night (d) reviewing after a week
- 31.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 8, the tens digit is 8 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 8. What is 9 × 8?
- 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 391550041487. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3915 5040 1487 (b) 3915 5041 487 (c) 3915 5500 41487 (d) 3915 5004 1487
- 35.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) hundreds (c) no limit (d) a whole book
- 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, cat, sock? (a) Tiny Crazy Sing (b) Crazy Sing Tiny (c) Sing Crazy Tiny (d) Crazy Tiny Sing
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 187150379290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1871 5037 9920 (b) 1871 5037 9290 (c) 1715 0379 290 (d) 1877 1503 79290
- 39.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
Answer key
- recalling makes it stick
- read it again, focused
- learn the topic
- a weak picture
- notice it
- 4 hours the night before
- government
- Mice Ants Pink
- North America
- Seven Wise Grab
- choose a place you know
- noticing the face
- Under
- ladder
- a beat or a tune
- 25/05/1979
- RTWO
- old topics each Sunday
- 77
- carrying many books
- sleep time kept
- 7
- False
- new words in a language
- NWVMS
- eye
- explaining it aloud
- practice improves memory
- Jeeps Fly Mum All
- reviewing after a week
- 72
- one word holds a list
- the word’s meaning
- 3915 5004 1487
- only a few
- splitting into groups
- Tiny Crazy Sing
- 1871 5037 9290
- True
- a strong picture
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