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 are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) long-term memory (b) no memory (c) muscle memory (d) short-term memory
- 2.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) never using the name (b) using it in a sentence (c) thinking of your reply (d) looking at your phone
- 3.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) only in the exam (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) hold the plant firm (c) turn into fruit (d) make food using sunlight
- 5.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
- 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
- 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a mango by the fruit cart, an inkpot by the park gate, a pencil by the bus stop, an anchor by the post box, a spoon by the banyan tree. Where did you place the anchor? (a) banyan tree (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) bus stop
- 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 11.📅 The digits 11122018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1112/20/18 (b) 111/220/18 (c) 11/1220/18 (d) 11/12/2018
- 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) skipping revision (b) linking to what you know (c) using it in a sum (d) reviewing the next day
- 13.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) read it once (c) see where it comes from (d) mix up the letters
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) elephant (b) table (c) eye (d) moon
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, jeep, pencil, sock, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DSPJN (b) JNPSD (c) NJPSD (d) JPSDN
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, inkpot, whistle? (a) Ice Wet Green (b) Wet Ice Green (c) Ice Green Wet (d) Green Ice Wet
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, duck, mirror? (a) My Dad Vans (b) Vans Dad My (c) Dad Vans My (d) Dad My Vans
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) copying a whole page (c) a colour for each branch (d) long sentences
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 20.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 21.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one huge session (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) starting the exam eve (d) 4 hours the night before
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear music” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) ears (d) eyes
- 23.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a PIE under your foot (d) I AM eating a mango
- 24.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a short walk or stretch (b) scrolling videos (c) an hour of games (d) a long TV show
- 25.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) how to swim (c) a new word for a minute (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 26.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) both the same
- 27.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) never use it in sums (c) cram it the last night (d) mix up the letters
- 28.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 31.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) highlight it all (c) test yourself often (d) read it many times
- 32.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a whistle (c) smelling jasmine (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) a little every day (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) starting the exam eve
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jalebi by the park gate, a violin by the fruit cart, a nest by the bus stop, a duck by the banyan tree, a vase by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) vase (c) jalebi (d) nest
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a formula card (b) use it in a few sums (c) cram it the last night (d) know what each letter is
- 38.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 6, the tens digit is 6 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 6. What is 9 × 6?
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil rolls into a lemon; the lemon tickles a guava; the guava bounces onto a tent; the tent sings to a banana. Which item comes right before the tent? (a) lemon (b) guava (c) banana (d) tent
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rose by the banyan tree, an urn by the slide, a jeep by the park gate, a doll by the fruit cart, a tent by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) doll (b) tent (c) urn (d) rose
Answer key
- short-term memory
- using it in a sentence
- later today and tomorrow
- hold the plant firm
- three chunks, not ten
- everyone forgets things
- what each letter means
- post box
- lets it fade
- step 1
- 11/12/2018
- skipping revision
- see where it comes from
- table
- NJPSD
- Green Ice Wet
- Vans Dad My
- a colour for each branch
- find a sound-alike word
- replay the story
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- ears
- a PIE under your foot
- a short walk or stretch
- a new word for a minute
- the pen stirring tea
- draw a labelled picture
- 100
- sounds like the new word
- breaks attention
- test yourself often
- False
- feeling a prickly cactus
- smell
- starting the exam eve
- nest
- cram it the last night
- 54
- guava
- doll
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