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 silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 3.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 4.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) banana (c) elephant (d) honesty
- 5.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
- 7.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 8.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a flower in a POOL
- 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 10.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 2 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) lane (c) cane (d) brain
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, coconut, net? (a) Crazy Nine Sing (b) Sing Crazy Nine (c) Nine Crazy Sing (d) Crazy Sing Nine
- 13.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) lane (b) lake (c) one (d) tell
- 16.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 17.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 18.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 6, 8 (b) all on day 16 (c) days 10, 14, 16 (d) days 4, 8, 16
- 19.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a list of words only (d) a giant pink elephant
- 20.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an ant by the TV, a mirror by the bed, a coconut by the sofa, an anchor by the dining table, a nest by the kitchen. Where did you place the ant? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) bed (d) kitchen
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) cramming the last night (c) linking to what you know (d) explaining to a friend
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (b) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
- 24.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 26.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, apple, needle? (a) Aunty Neat Big (b) Aunty Big Neat (c) Neat Aunty Big (d) Big Aunty Neat
- 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 30.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) fast (d) twice
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) checking messages (d) three tasks at once
- 33.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: only easy subjects? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, banana, apple, sock, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSABF (b) BFASO (c) FBASO (d) BASOF
- 35.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 36.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, radio, inkpot? (a) Runs Silly Ice (b) Ice Runs Silly (c) Silly Runs Ice (d) Runs Ice Silly
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) stem (d) leaves
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every Lazy Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Goats (c) Aunty (d) Tiny
Answer key
- a silly, funny one
- helps memory
- choose a place you know
- honesty
- 20
- memory can’t improve
- 5
- a flower in a POOL
- one word holds a list
- 80
- wake
- Sing Crazy Nine
- helps memory
- a weak picture
- one
- short-term memory
- 3
- days 4, 8, 16
- a giant pink elephant
- Pacific
- TV
- cramming the last night
- Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
- False
- choose a place you know
- say it aloud often
- Big Aunty Neat
- saffron
- step 2
- a funny, moving one
- more
- a clear, tidy desk
- a poor timetable
- FBASO
- step 1
- True
- helps you keep it
- Silly Runs Ice
- stem
- Aunty
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