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 have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) study all night (b) revise, then sleep well (c) play games all night (d) skip sleep and dinner
- 2.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 3.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 4.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) tell a parent or doctor (b) study even more (c) buy memory pills (d) ignore it
- 5.True or false: “linking it to a picture” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, cat, rope? (a) Rani Crazy My (b) Crazy Rani My (c) My Crazy Rani (d) Crazy My Rani
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Play (b) Crazy Eight Play Crazy (c) Crazy Play Crazy Eight (d) Eight Crazy Play Crazy
- 9.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) add more stops (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
- 10.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 11.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no breaks at all (b) starts the night before (c) spare days for doubts (d) no spare days
- 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) covering the answers (c) only listening again (d) closed-book writing
- 13.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
- 14.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 16.True or false: “short reviews over weeks” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 17.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 18.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil rolls into a drum; the drum jumps over a candle; the candle falls into an umpire; the umpire chases a key. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) candle (b) umpire (c) key (d) drum
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 21.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to start late (b) to waste time (c) for doubts and surprises (d) to skip revision
- 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) you keep all you read
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 187432896476. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1874 3296 476 (b) 1187 4328 96476 (c) 1874 3289 6476 (d) 1784 3289 6476
- 24.True or false: “mixes subjects each day” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) just the word (d) no picture at all
- 26.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we forget fast at first (c) forgetting starts late (d) we never forget
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 3254931042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 352 493 1042 (b) 325 493 1042 (c) 325 493 104 (d) 322 549 31042
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) 4 hours the night before (b) one huge session (c) no review until the test (d) old topics each Sunday
- 29.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) it starts with “per” (b) it rhymes with gate (c) it has a double e (d) there is “a rat” in it
- 30.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) reviewing after a week (c) learning without meaning (d) reviewing the next day
- 31.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 32.⏰ You revise each of 3 chapters 3 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 33.⏰ You revise each of 3 chapters 3 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) phone in another room (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
- 35.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) three tasks at once (d) notes while listening
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) chatting in class (d) scrolling while reading
- 39.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
- 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, parrot, candle, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PACT (b) TCPA (c) APCT (d) PCTA
Answer key
- revise, then sleep well
- 9
- short-term memory
- tell a parent or doctor
- False
- helps you keep it
- My Crazy Rani
- Eight Crazy Play Crazy
- add more stops
- close the book
- spare days for doubts
- only listening again
- numbers and letter lists
- 7
- west
- True
- initials match the list
- True
- drum
- step 2
- for doubts and surprises
- testing yourself helps
- 1874 3289 6476
- True
- a funny, moving one
- we forget fast at first
- 325 493 1042
- old topics each Sunday
- there is “a rat” in it
- learning without meaning
- 17
- 90
- 180
- phone in another room
- False
- notes while listening
- step 3
- one task at a time
- the method of loci
- APCT
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