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 of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) the national anthem (c) your mother tongue (d) a new word for a minute
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 3.True or false: “mixes subjects each day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) pictures stick better
- 5.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) making a picture of it (c) reading it once only (d) studying when sleepy
- 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 7.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) reviewing after a week (c) never testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
- 8.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a plain box
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 10.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) a good night’s sleep (c) linking to what you know (d) skipping revision
- 11.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 12.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 15.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) tables learned long ago (c) the national anthem (d) your birthday
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Saturn
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 20.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
- 21.👋 You meet a new classmate called Prithvi. The name means “earth”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding the Earth (b) carrying many books (c) holding a pink lotus (d) hair blown by the wind
- 22.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) white (c) main (d) sock
- 25.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or check what you missed? (a) close the book (b) check what you missed
- 26.True or false: “one huge session” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) never testing yourself (c) reviewing the next day (d) one long session only
- 28.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 30.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: mixes subjects each day? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) your home address (c) your best friend’s name (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 34.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bunny Green Yaks Owls ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Rani (c) Owls (d) Ants
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, duck, mango? (a) Dogs My Jump (b) Jump Dogs My (c) My Dogs Jump (d) Dogs Jump My
- 40.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
Answer key
- a new word for a minute
- hurts memory
- False
- some kids never forget
- making a picture of it
- a first-letter sentence
- reviewing after a week
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- link it to the meaning
- skipping revision
- later today and tomorrow
- False
- link it to the next item
- precipitation
- an OTP you just got
- the word’s meaning
- hear the new word
- Uranus
- find a sound-alike word
- the method of loci
- holding the Earth
- a good timetable
- step 4
- wing
- close the book
- False
- reviewing the next day
- numbers and letter lists
- what each letter means
- a good timetable
- long-term memory
- a number you just heard
- step 3
- 8
- step 2
- a rhyme
- Rani
- a fact
- Jump Dogs My
- lets it fade
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