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.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) after the exam (b) nowhere (c) earlier, with more time (d) the last night
- 2.👋 You meet a new classmate called Tara. The name means “star”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) sitting on a cloud (b) hair blown by the wind (c) wearing a shiny star (d) glowing like the sun
- 3.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: thinking of your reply? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 4.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only easy subjects (b) self-tests every week (c) no time for review (d) starts the night before
- 6.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we never forget (c) we forget fast at first (d) memory is fixed
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 8.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “old topics come back” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) only easy subjects (b) late nights every day (c) has short breaks (d) starts the night before
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, guava, onion, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSON (b) SGON (c) NOGS (d) GONS
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) asking how to spell it (c) thinking of your reply (d) hearing it only once
- 13.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 14.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) night (d) bell
- 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 17.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “how hot or cold it is”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) temprature (b) tempreture (c) temperature (d) temperture
- 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) true (c) clear (d) right
- 19.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) recall, store, notice (d) notice, store, recall
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) short study breaks (c) revising before bed (d) staying up very late
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) kitaab (c) billi (d) paani
- 22.📅 The digits 12112001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1211/20/01 (b) 121/120/01 (c) 12/1120/01 (d) 12/11/2001
- 23.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 8, 10 (b) all on day 10 (c) days 5, 9, 13 (d) days 3, 6, 10
- 24.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your birthday (c) how to swim (d) a number you just heard
- 25.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a pencil that dances (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a normal-sized cup
- 26.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 27.🗓️ Your exam is in 11 days. You have 4 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 28.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: sleep time kept? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 29.⏰ You revise each of 5 chapters 2 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 30.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 31.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 5, the tens digit is 5 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 5. What is 9 × 5?
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 33.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) an OTP you just got (c) a number you just heard (d) directions told just now
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) has short breaks (c) one subject all week (d) starts weeks early
- 36.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 123244063. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 440 63 (b) 123 244 063 (c) 123 224 4063 (d) 122 344 063
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum chases a lamp; the lamp crashes into a shoe; the shoe tickles a monkey; the monkey pulls a banana. Which item comes right before the monkey? (a) drum (b) shoe (c) banana (d) lamp
- 39.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) rain (d) tree
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) watching it again (c) staring at the page (d) closed-book writing
Answer key
- earlier, with more time
- wearing a shiny star
- loses names
- False
- self-tests every week
- we forget fast at first
- picture the first item
- False
- False
- has short breaks
- SGON
- asking how to spell it
- 13
- bell
- step 1
- a clear, tidy desk
- temperature
- true
- notice, store, recall
- staying up very late
- paani
- 12/11/2001
- days 3, 6, 10
- a number you just heard
- a normal-sized cup
- 10
- 3
- a good timetable
- 100
- splitting into groups
- 45
- helps you keep it
- the letters make no word
- how to ride a bicycle
- one subject all week
- blue
- 123 244 063
- shoe
- rain
- closed-book writing
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