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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 2.📅 The digits 15011983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0119/83 (b) 15/01/1983 (c) 150/119/83 (d) 1501/19/83
- 3.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 5.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 55 (b) 53 (c) 56 (d) 54
- 6.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) throw it away (c) redraw it from memory (d) frame it
- 7.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
- 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
- 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 10.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
- 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 12.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no breaks at all? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) a goal for each session (c) short planned breaks (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 14.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
- 16.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 11, 13 (b) days 3, 7, 13 (c) all on day 13 (d) days 3, 5, 7
- 17.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
- 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 22.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 23.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
- 25.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a plant we eat, like a carrot”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) vegetable (b) vegetabel (c) vegitable (d) vegtable
- 26.Which of these helps attention? (a) asking a question (b) TV on while studying (c) studying half-asleep (d) a desk full of toys
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 28.True or false: “starts weeks early” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink All Ink Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Nani (c) Uncle (d) All
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an orange by the fruit cart, a shoe by the park gate, an umpire by the slide, a jalebi by the swing, a tomato by the bench. Where did you place the tomato? (a) bench (b) swing (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 31.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: late nights every day? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, rope, jalebi, ladder, orange is “Green Rani Jolly Love ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Toys (c) Only (d) Frogs
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) late nights every day (b) starts weeks early (c) no spare days (d) starts the night before
- 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) TV on while studying (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
- 35.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) sun (d) night
- 36.🗂️ 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
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts the night before (b) sleep time kept (c) only easy subjects (d) no breaks at all
- 39.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
Answer key
- False
- 15/01/1983
- means something to you
- hear the new word
- 54
- redraw it from memory
- the letters make no word
- pupa
- a fact
- note it, then go back
- helps attention
- a poor timetable
- scrolling while reading
- True
- north
- days 3, 7, 13
- 8
- meaning makes it stick
- helps attention
- step 3
- step 3
- keep linking in order
- False
- VIBGYOR
- vegetable
- asking a question
- step 1
- False
- All
- bench
- a poor timetable
- Only
- starts weeks early
- one task at a time
- king
- short-term memory
- checking messages
- sleep time kept
- False
- JFMA
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