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.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) throw it away for good (b) wait a month (c) review it sooner (d) never test it
- 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) red (d) blue
- 3.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
- 4.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 5.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reviewing once (b) reading it 10 times now (c) reviewing with gaps (d) never reviewing
- 7.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 9.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) the national anthem (c) a number you just heard (d) your best friend’s name
- 10.True or false: “draw a labelled picture” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) make seeds (c) have tiny pores (d) carries water upward
- 12.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 13.📅 The digits 11011966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0119/66 (b) 1101/19/66 (c) 11/01/1966 (d) 110/119/66
- 14.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very Eat Mum Jolly Seven ___ Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Red (c) Jump (d) Funny
- 16.True or false: “hearing it only once” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, duck, violin? (a) Vines Dance Inside (b) Dance Inside Vines (c) Inside Dance Vines (d) Dance Vines Inside
- 19.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a blurry shape (d) a pencil that dances
- 21.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) skip what letters mean (b) draw a labelled picture (c) mix up the letters (d) read it once
- 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 23.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) see shapes (c) smell smoke (d) taste salty
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3111327690. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 311 132 76900 (b) 311 132 790 (c) 311 137 2690 (d) 311 132 7690
- 26.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) give up studying (c) watch the match (d) note it, then go back
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, shoe, ant? (a) Seven Ants Pink (b) Pink Seven Ants (c) Seven Pink Ants (d) Ants Seven Pink
- 28.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 29.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) today or tomorrow (b) next month (c) the exam night (d) never
- 30.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) you keep what you notice (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
- 31.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 32.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 93 (b) 90 (c) 88 (d) 91
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) grow under the ground (c) hold the plant firm (d) attract bees
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, apple, watch, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ADWU (b) AWUD (c) DAWU (d) UWAD
- 35.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) night (d) king
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Play Lions Every (b) Every Lions Play All (c) Lions Every Play All (d) Lions Play All Every
- 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting the exam eve (b) learning it all at once (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) one huge session
- 40.True or false: “playing outdoors” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- review it sooner
- blue
- put it in another room
- what each letter means
- False
- reviewing with gaps
- means something to you
- step 2
- a number you just heard
- True
- make seeds
- active recall
- 11/01/1966
- three chunks, not ten
- Uncle
- False
- False
- Inside Dance Vines
- False
- a blurry shape
- draw a labelled picture
- the letters make no word
- 4
- taste salty
- 311 132 7690
- note it, then go back
- Pink Seven Ants
- choose a place you know
- today or tomorrow
- you keep what you notice
- one word holds a list
- 90
- attract bees
- DAWU
- bell
- Every Lions Play All
- a list in a fixed order
- a fact
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- True
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