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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, ladder, owl, needle is “Green ___ Owls Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Green (c) Lazy (d) Nine
- 2.True or false: “thinking of your reply” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) well (c) spring (d) tell
- 5.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) long-term memory (b) no memory (c) muscle memory (d) short-term memory
- 6.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 9.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 10.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) water in a PAN
- 11.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: all reviews on one day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) green (d) orange
- 13.👋 You pictured a new friend sitting on a cloud. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Kiran (b) Chandni (c) Megha (d) Kamal
- 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 15.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) a number read once (c) random letters (d) something you understand
- 16.True or false: “skip what letters mean” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 17.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 20.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 5, the tens digit is 5 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 5. What is 9 × 5?
- 21.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 2, the tens digit is 2 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 2. What is 9 × 2?
- 22.True or false: “using it in a sentence” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) explaining to a friend (c) testing yourself (d) a good night’s sleep
- 26.📅 The digits 08061981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/06/1981 (b) 0806/19/81 (c) 08/0619/81 (d) 080/619/81
- 27.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 29.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) the last line you read (c) your home address (d) a price you just heard
- 30.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) skip that topic (b) study all night (c) adjust the plan calmly (d) give up the plan
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple tickles a ladder; the ladder sings to a van; the van rolls into a flute; the flute crashes into an owl. Which item comes right before the owl? (a) owl (b) flute (c) apple (d) van
- 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
- 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 34.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) no review until the test (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) learning it all at once (d) 4 hours the night before
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 36.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) covering the answers (c) closed-book writing (d) teaching your sibling
- 38.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 39.True or false: “ideas with no links” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) until next month (b) only a short while (c) for years (d) forever
Answer key
- Lazy
- False
- True
- spring
- short-term memory
- False
- 5
- VIBGYOR
- passive review
- a school in a SHAWL
- cramming
- orange
- Megha
- the rainbow colours
- something you understand
- False
- helps memory
- short-term memory
- in the same order
- 45
- 18
- False
- False
- first letters as a word
- learning without meaning
- 08/06/1981
- False
- a strong picture
- your home address
- adjust the plan calmly
- flute
- the letters make no word
- breaks attention
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- a weak picture
- 2
- copying notes neatly
- yes, with new pictures
- True
- only a short while
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