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 way of learning a spelling works best? (a) look-cover-write-check (b) copy it 100 times (c) spell it aloud backwards (d) read it once
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, goat, jug, duck, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KGJDU (b) GKJDU (c) UDJGK (d) GJDUK
- 3.🔗 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
- 4.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 5.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) late nights every day (b) one subject all week (c) has short breaks (d) no breaks at all
- 6.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi bounces onto a jug; the jug jumps over a bucket; the bucket tickles an igloo; the igloo crashes into a kite. Which item comes right after the jug? (a) jalebi (b) kite (c) jug (d) bucket
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) meaning makes it stick
- 10.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 11.👋 You pictured a new friend glowing like the sun. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Megha (b) Tara (c) Surya (d) Anil
- 12.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) reviewing the next day (d) linking to what you know
- 14.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) hands in icy water (c) tasting bitter karela (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 15.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
- 16.👋 You meet a new classmate called Neel. The name means “blue”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding the Earth (b) floating up in the sky (c) in a bright ray of light (d) covered in blue paint
- 17.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cram it the last night (b) use it in a few sums (c) mix up the letters (d) read it once
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 716502392. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 716 502 92 (b) 716 520 392 (c) 716 500 2392 (d) 716 502 392
- 20.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) king (d) sun
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) only listening again (c) answering old questions (d) staring at the page
- 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, jalebi, pencil, vase is “Love Jolly Pigs ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Jeeps (c) Bunny (d) Lazy
- 24.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, fan, guava? (a) Funny My Grab (b) My Funny Grab (c) Grab Funny My (d) Funny Grab My
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) watching fireworks (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a whistle (d) stroking soft fur
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) images stick better (c) words are useless (d) they are boring
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sound (b) taste (c) smell (d) sight
- 30.👋 You meet a new classmate called Heera. The name means “diamond”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) with a shiny diamond (b) covered in blue paint (c) holding a pink lotus (d) glowing like the sun
- 31.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) a calm, happy mind (c) screens till midnight (d) a healthy breakfast
- 32.📅 The digits 22032014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/320/14 (b) 22/0320/14 (c) 22/03/2014 (d) 2203/20/14
- 33.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 34.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
- 36.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 37.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 38.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a place to eat out”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) resturant (b) restaurant (c) restrant (d) restaurent
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
Answer key
- look-cover-write-check
- KGJDU
- link it to the next item
- a good mind map
- has short breaks
- helps memory
- bucket
- the word’s meaning
- memory can’t improve
- picture the first item
- Surya
- add more stops
- skipping revision
- seeing a red kite fly
- everyone forgets things
- covered in blue paint
- False
- use it in a few sums
- 716 502 392
- sun
- answering old questions
- a fact
- Vans
- active recall
- My Funny Grab
- tasting raw mango
- 5
- images stick better
- sight
- with a shiny diamond
- screens till midnight
- 22/03/2014
- 7
- hurts memory
- a quiet place to study
- a good mind map
- the method of loci
- restaurant
- 5
- not paying attention
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