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 first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 2.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) short-term memory (c) muscle memory (d) long-term memory
- 3.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) you forget more (d) it slows down
- 4.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) skip that topic (b) study all night (c) give up the plan (d) adjust the plan calmly
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mice Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Yaks (c) Crazy (d) Jump
- 6.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) how to swim (c) your best friend’s name (d) the last line you read
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the last line you read (b) a new word for a minute (c) a carry while adding (d) your mother tongue
- 8.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Earth
- 11.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) attract bees (b) have tiny pores (c) carries water upward (d) green, flat and thin
- 13.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) skipping revision (b) making a picture of it (c) one long session only (d) reading it once only
- 14.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 16.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a flute by the notice board, an inkpot by the classroom door, a kettle by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the school gate, a ladder by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ladder (b) inkpot (c) shoe (d) flute
- 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 2950094692. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 295 500 94692 (b) 295 004 692 (c) 295 009 4629 (d) 295 009 4692
- 20.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 21.True or false: “15 minutes on 4 days” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) linking it to a picture (b) saying the name back (c) asking how to spell it (d) never using the name
- 23.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, whistle, kettle, spoon, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WAKSG (b) WKSGA (c) AWKSG (d) GSKWA
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 915566852032. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9155 6682 5032 (b) 9556 6852 032 (c) 9155 6685 2032 (d) 9915 5668 52032
- 26.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it is longer (b) it shows how ideas link (c) it hides the ideas (d) it needs no review
- 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 28.True or false: “rushing the greeting” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) closed-book writing (c) teaching your sibling (d) blank-page recall
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) smell (c) shell (d) swing
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, watch, umbrella? (a) Wins Up Cook (b) Wins Cook Up (c) Up Wins Cook (d) Cook Wins Up
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no breaks at all (b) one subject all week (c) has short breaks (d) no spare days
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) grow under the ground (c) hold the plant firm (d) take in water from soil
- 34.📅 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?
- 35.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) doodling cartoons (c) taking short notes (d) looking at the clock
- 36.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 37.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mice All (c) Jolly Funny Mice All (d) Funny Mice All Jolly
- 39.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
Answer key
- a silly, funny one
- short-term memory
- it slows down
- adjust the plan calmly
- Jump
- the last line you read
- your mother tongue
- True
- a list in a fixed order
- Mercury
- True
- attract bees
- making a picture of it
- that item is lost
- link it to the meaning
- hurts memory
- flute
- precipitation
- 295 009 4692
- a good timetable
- False
- never using the name
- True
- AWKSG
- 9155 6685 2032
- it shows how ideas link
- step 2
- True
- watching it again
- swing
- Cook Wins Up
- has short breaks
- have tiny pores
- 17
- taking short notes
- active recall
- False
- Jolly Funny Mice All
- True
- choose a place you know
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