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 step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: closed-book writing? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 156100079238. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1156 1000 79238 (b) 1561 0070 9238 (c) 1561 0007 9238 (d) 1610 0079 238
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow falls into a mirror; the mirror crashes into a pencil; the pencil pulls a jalebi; the jalebi sings to an inkpot. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) pencil (b) jalebi (c) mirror (d) pillow
- 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 6.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 7.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) sound (b) smell (c) sight (d) touch
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sentence (b) rushing the greeting (c) never using the name (d) hearing it only once
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 12.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 13.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) taking short notes (c) chatting quietly (d) doodling cartoons
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) backwards
- 15.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 7, 10 (b) days 7, 10, 12 (c) all on day 12 (d) days 3, 6, 12
- 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read it once (b) say it aloud (c) cram it the last night (d) mix up the letters
- 18.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: learning it all at once? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 20.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 22.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 4, the tens digit is 4 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 4. What is 9 × 4?
- 23.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) read it once (b) copy it 100 times (c) spell it aloud backwards (d) look-cover-write-check
- 24.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) highlight it all (c) read it many times (d) test yourself often
- 25.👋 You meet a new classmate called Kamal. The name means “lotus”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding the Earth (b) holding a pink lotus (c) wearing a shiny star (d) riding a big sea wave
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) ears (b) tongue (c) skin (d) eyes
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) nothing else
- 28.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 29.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle chases a lamp; the lamp rolls into a watch; the watch sings to a shoe; the shoe pulls a glass. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) shoe (b) glass (c) candle (d) lamp
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a goal for each session (d) chatting in class
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 33.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass sings to a ball; the ball pulls a kite; the kite tickles a kettle; the kettle rolls into a jug. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) kettle (b) ball (c) jug (d) kite
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 36.True or false: “feeling very stressed” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to start late (b) to waste time (c) to skip revision (d) for doubts and surprises
- 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
- 39.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sound (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tent by the TV, an inkpot by the kitchen, a duck by the shoe rack, a cat by the dining table, a candle by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) tent (b) cat (c) candle (d) inkpot
Answer key
- step 1
- active recall
- 1561 0007 9238
- pillow
- first letters as a word
- 115
- True
- touch
- using it in a sentence
- NESW
- step 1
- a list in a fixed order
- taking short notes
- in the same order
- days 3, 6, 12
- step 3
- say it aloud
- cramming
- a fact
- False
- lets it fade
- 36
- look-cover-write-check
- test yourself often
- holding a pink lotus
- eyes
- the word’s meaning
- the method of loci
- initials match the list
- shoe
- chatting in class
- helps you keep it
- False
- kite
- a good mind map
- False
- for doubts and surprises
- sounds like the new word
- sight
- cat
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