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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 2.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) WSG
- 4.True or false: “cram it the last night” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 5.👋 You meet a new classmate called Sona. The name means “gold”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) sitting on a cloud (b) with a gold medal (c) riding a big sea wave (d) in soft moonlight
- 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) skipping revision (c) one long session only (d) making a picture of it
- 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 9.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 10.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “explaining to a friend” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) one long session only (c) reviewing after a week (d) reading it once only
- 15.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
- 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 18.True or false: “has short breaks” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗣️ 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
- 20.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reviewing once (b) reading it 10 times now (c) never reviewing (d) reviewing with gaps
- 21.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) sound (b) taste (c) touch (d) sight
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot bounces onto a rope; the rope chases a van; the van falls into a kite; the kite crashes into a rose. Which item comes right before the van? (a) kite (b) rope (c) inkpot (d) van
- 24.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to waste time (b) for doubts and surprises (c) to start late (d) to skip revision
- 25.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) write (c) kite (d) bite
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a shoe by the blackboard, a net by the stairs, an orange by the notice board, a candle by the classroom door, a flute by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) flute (b) orange (c) candle (d) net
- 28.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) night (d) cake
- 29.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 30.👋 You pictured a new friend with a shiny diamond. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Kiran (b) Sagar (c) Megha (d) Heera
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, owl, tent, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGTV (b) OTVG (c) VTOG (d) GOTV
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) take in water from soil (c) grow under the ground (d) hold the plant firm
- 33.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, whistle, rope? (a) Wet Lions Red (b) Lions Wet Red (c) Wet Red Lions (d) Red Wet Lions
- 35.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 8, 10 (b) days 5, 8, 14 (c) days 10, 13, 14 (d) all on day 14
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) a number you just heard (c) your home address (d) directions told just now
- 37.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) rain (d) bell
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) see where it comes from (b) use it in a few sums (c) read it once (d) test yourself weekly
- 39.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
- 40.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) draw a labelled picture (c) read it once (d) mix up the letters
Answer key
- a fact
- you keep what you notice
- SWG
- True
- with a gold medal
- making a picture of it
- active recall
- VIBGYOR
- splitting into groups
- False
- False
- False
- False
- reviewing after a week
- False
- three chunks, not ten
- a myth
- False
- link it to the meaning
- reviewing with gaps
- 15
- sound
- rope
- for doubts and surprises
- a first-letter sentence
- three
- flute
- rain
- 11
- Heera
- GOTV
- turn into fruit
- step 4
- Lions Wet Red
- days 5, 8, 14
- your home address
- rain
- read it once
- later today and tomorrow
- draw a labelled picture
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