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.True or false: “never testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) reviewing after a week (c) making a picture of it (d) never testing yourself
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) asking a question (c) chatting in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 4.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reading it once only (b) a good night’s sleep (c) linking to what you know (d) reviewing after a week
- 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 6.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a new word for a minute (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) a carry while adding
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) skin (d) ears
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey jumps over a needle; the needle sings to an ant; the ant rolls into a van; the van tickles an onion. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) van (b) onion (c) needle (d) ant
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) watching it again (c) answering old questions (d) closed-book writing
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 11.True or false: “old topics come back” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) after ten years (c) only in exams (d) in the first day or two
- 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) hear music (b) feel rough or smooth (c) hear a bell (d) smell smoke
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to swim (b) your mother tongue (c) a number you just heard (d) your best friend’s name
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) billi (c) aam (d) chaabi
- 20.🗣️ 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
- 21.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all reviews on one day (b) 4 hours the night before (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) starting the exam eve
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) see where it comes from (b) draw a labelled picture (c) never use it in sums (d) say it aloud
- 25.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) skip the chapter
- 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 27.📅 The digits 02012000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0201/20/00 (b) 02/0120/00 (c) 020/120/00 (d) 02/01/2000
- 28.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) only a few (c) hundreds (d) no limit
- 29.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) scrolling while reading
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an igloo by the fruit cart, an umpire by the bench, a net by the park gate, an urn by the slide, a doll by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) igloo (b) doll (c) umpire (d) net
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read it once (b) never use it in sums (c) say it aloud (d) cram it the last night
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
- 34.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) grow under the ground (c) holds up the leaves (d) carries water upward
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a key by the door, a pillow by the sofa, a van by the TV, a coconut by the shoe rack, a doll by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) coconut (b) doll (c) van (d) pillow
- 37.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) sun (d) tree
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, whistle, rope? (a) Wins Jeeps Red (b) Jeeps Wins Red (c) Wins Red Jeeps (d) Red Wins Jeeps
- 39.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 40.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a plain grey box (d) a blurry shape
Answer key
- False
- never testing yourself
- chatting in class
- reading it once only
- helps attention
- how to ride a bicycle
- ears
- van
- watching it again
- fix stops in order
- True
- True
- True
- in the first day or two
- evaporation
- smell smoke
- a number you just heard
- a rhyme
- chaabi
- link it to the meaning
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- the word’s meaning
- step 1
- never use it in sums
- read it again, focused
- a fact
- 02/01/2000
- only a few
- the letters make no word
- asking a question
- doll
- say it aloud
- everyone forgets things
- first letters as a word
- grow under the ground
- coconut
- tree
- Jeeps Wins Red
- 9
- a giant pink elephant
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