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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 3.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) quick to see and recall (b) no reason (c) it saves ink (d) it looks empty
- 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) watching fireworks (b) hearing a dog bark (c) hearing a whistle (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 7.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) reviewing with gaps (c) reviewing once (d) never reviewing
- 9.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) use it in a few sums (b) never use it in sums (c) mix up the letters (d) cram it the last night
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) three tasks at once
- 12.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) dessert (b) desert (c) neither (d) both
- 13.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
- 14.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a far-off still tree (d) a plain grey box
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 16.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
- 18.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in a corner (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 22.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) no breaks at all (c) self-tests every week (d) starts weeks early
- 23.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 24.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hearing a dog bark (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) know (d) say
- 26.True or false: “no review until the test” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the people who run a country”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) govenment (b) government (c) governmint (d) goverment
- 28.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in a corner (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) all in one colour
- 29.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 38 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 41
- 30.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 31.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 17 state capitals and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 32.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 33.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: starting the exam eve? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an anchor by the stairs, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a spoon by the classroom door, a lemon by the notice board, a tent by the blackboard. Where did you place the tent? (a) blackboard (b) notice board (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 35.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it grey (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 673799932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 673 799 9932 (b) 673 979 932 (c) 673 799 932 (d) 673 799 32
- 38.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a chart of the days and months”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) calander (b) calendar (c) calindar (d) calandar
- 39.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) skip the middle (b) split it into parts (c) write it faster (d) guess the ending
- 40.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) never testing yourself (c) testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
Answer key
- lets it fade
- a weak picture
- True
- quick to see and recall
- watching fireworks
- a weak picture
- True
- reviewing with gaps
- use it in a few sums
- 5
- three tasks at once
- dessert
- we forget fast at first
- a giant pink elephant
- in the same order
- 15
- notice it
- True
- step 3
- lines that link ideas
- link it to the next item
- no breaks at all
- short-term memory
- feeling a prickly cactus
- know
- True
- government
- lines that link ideas
- 40
- the letters make no word
- 3
- spaced practice
- cramming
- blackboard
- make it big and funny
- a goal for each session
- 673 799 932
- calendar
- split it into parts
- testing yourself
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