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 word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) clock (d) cake
- 2.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) you forget more (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) ears (b) eyes (c) nose (d) skin
- 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting salty chips (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) hands in icy water (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 6.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 12, 14 (b) days 7, 11, 15 (c) all on day 14 (d) days 5, 8, 14
- 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) knee (c) three (d) key
- 8.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 9.True or false: “the last line you read” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 13 (b) days 3, 6, 13 (c) days 3, 5, 7 (d) days 8, 11, 13
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (c) Aunty My Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly My Aunty
- 12.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) sounds like the new word (c) is spelled the same (d) means the same
- 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) studying half-asleep (d) phone in another room
- 14.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) playing outdoors (c) skipping breakfast (d) a full night’s sleep
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Cats Pink Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Eight (c) Dogs (d) Seven
- 16.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
- 17.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 18.🗣️ 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
- 19.👋 You meet a new classmate called Chandni. The name means “moonlight”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a pink lotus (b) in a bright ray of light (c) in soft moonlight (d) sitting on a cloud
- 20.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vans Eight Mice Jolly Sing Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Fly (c) Uncle (d) Dad
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
- 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 26.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: screens till midnight? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 27.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) reviewing after a week (c) never testing yourself (d) testing yourself
- 28.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: looking at your phone? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 29.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) fruit and vegetables (c) feeling very stressed (d) playing outdoors
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 31.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) directions told just now (b) an OTP you just got (c) the last line you read (d) your mother tongue
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, sock, parrot? (a) Sing Crazy Play (b) Play Sing Crazy (c) Sing Play Crazy (d) Crazy Sing Play
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) ELPA
- 35.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
- 36.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a giant rainbow umbrella (c) a plain box (d) a small grey dot
- 37.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no breaks at all? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 38.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
Answer key
- cake
- it slows down
- VIBGYOR
- eyes
- smelling a stinky sock
- days 5, 8, 14
- brain
- 13
- False
- days 3, 6, 13
- Jeeps Fly My Aunty
- sounds like the new word
- phone in another room
- skipping breakfast
- Eight
- numbers and letter lists
- the letters make no word
- link it to the meaning
- in soft moonlight
- helps memory
- step 3
- Mice
- a strong picture
- west
- a fact
- hurts memory
- never testing yourself
- loses names
- feeling very stressed
- a silly, funny one
- your mother tongue
- Crazy Sing Play
- a rhyme
- ELPA
- means something to you
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a poor timetable
- long-term memory
- step 4
- helps attention
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