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 attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 2.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 78 (b) 73 (c) 75 (d) 76
- 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
- 4.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) bell (d) king
- 5.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) a price you just heard (c) the last line you read (d) a new word for a minute
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 327086727579. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3270 8667 27579 (b) 3270 8727 579 (c) 3270 8672 7579 (d) 3270 8672 7759
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Neat (c) Eat Seven Wise Neat (d) Neat Eat Seven Wise
- 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 10.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) king (b) sun (c) clock (d) night
- 11.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) playing outdoors (c) short study breaks (d) drinking enough water
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) blank-page recall
- 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
- 14.🗣️ 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
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) asking how to spell it (c) rushing the greeting (d) thinking of your reply
- 16.🔢 Use the pattern of the 11 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 11 times table? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 23 (d) 21
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) directions told just now (b) the last line you read (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) a carry while adding
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pigs Crazy (b) Cats Eight Pigs Crazy (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight
- 19.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a plain box (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a small grey dot
- 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) learn (d) say
- 21.📅 The digits 21081962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/0819/62 (b) 21/08/1962 (c) 2108/19/62 (d) 210/819/62
- 22.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) for doubts and surprises (b) to start late (c) to skip revision (d) to waste time
- 23.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hearing a dog bark (d) tasting salty chips
- 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 25.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to change the number (b) no reason (c) to make them longer (d) fewer things to hold
- 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.True or false: “reviewing the next day” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) taste (b) touch (c) sound (d) sight
- 30.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 31.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 32.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) staying up very late (c) revising before bed (d) a calm, happy mind
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Funny (b) Silly Runs Lazy Funny (c) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (d) Funny Lazy Silly Runs
- 34.📅 The digits 25042015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2504/20/15 (b) 25/0420/15 (c) 250/420/15 (d) 25/04/2015
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) read words (b) hear voices (c) hear music (d) smell smoke
- 36.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) memory is broken (b) you need a review (c) you should give up (d) you are not smart
- 37.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) night (d) clock
- 38.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) tasting raw mango (d) hands in icy water
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) have tiny pores (c) make seeds (d) hold the plant firm
Answer key
- breaks attention
- 75
- a list in a fixed order
- king
- how to ride a bicycle
- 3270 8672 7579
- Neat Eat Seven Wise
- chunking
- short-term memory
- night
- feeling very stressed
- blank-page recall
- what each letter means
- link it to the meaning
- asking how to spell it
- 22
- how to ride a bicycle
- Eight Cats Pigs Crazy
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- know
- 21/08/1962
- for doubts and surprises
- tasting salty chips
- step 2
- fewer things to hold
- helps attention
- 7
- True
- sight
- 6
- 19 and 47
- staying up very late
- Runs Silly Lazy Funny
- 25/04/2015
- smell smoke
- you need a review
- rain
- False
- hands in icy water
- carries water upward
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