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 drum, glass, owl, rope is “Dance ___ Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Jeeps (c) Frogs (d) Seven
- 2.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each Sunday? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 3.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) useless (c) too slow (d) harder to keep
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an inkpot by the park gate, a wallet by the post box, a jalebi by the banyan tree, a radio by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) radio (b) inkpot (c) jalebi (d) umbrella
- 5.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) a formula card (b) copy it 50 times blindly (c) use it in a few sums (d) test yourself weekly
- 6.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) cramming the last night (c) learning without meaning (d) reviewing the next day
- 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 9.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) rain
- 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) notes while listening
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, wallet, banana, glass, violin is “Red Wins Big Grab ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Kids (c) Young (d) Vines
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in a corner (c) long sentences (d) details on small twigs
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) fun (c) free (d) tea
- 18.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 19.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) a healthy breakfast (c) staying up very late (d) a calm, happy mind
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 7905583702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 558 302 (b) 790 558 3702 (c) 790 055 83702 (d) 790 558 7302
- 22.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) free (d) long
- 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) spell (c) smell (d) make
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) snake (b) make (c) sock (d) write
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Lazy Play Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Frogs (c) Eat (d) Vines
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts weeks early (b) sleep time kept (c) no time for review (d) spare days for doubts
- 28.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) starts the night before (b) no spare days (c) mixes subjects each day (d) one subject all week
- 29.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “what you know”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) nowledge (b) knowledge (c) knowlege (d) knowladge
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 31.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
- 33.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 3858775985. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 877 5985 (b) 385 877 598 (c) 385 877 5895 (d) 385 877 59885
- 35.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 36.True or false: “use it in a few sums” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) tasting raw mango (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) smelling wet earth
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, pillow, ball, wallet is “Kind Pigs ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Bakes (c) Uncle (d) Sing
- 40.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
Answer key
- Grab
- spaced practice
- easier to keep
- jalebi
- copy it 50 times blindly
- True
- reviewing the next day
- in the same order
- False
- night
- step 3
- chatting in class
- chunking
- True
- Vines
- details on small twigs
- fun
- 10
- staying up very late
- the letters make no word
- 790 558 3702
- 18
- free
- make
- sock
- Eat
- no time for review
- mixes subjects each day
- knowledge
- link it to the meaning
- first letters as a word
- a silly, funny one
- a good timetable
- 385 877 5985
- one word holds a list
- True
- False
- tasting raw mango
- Bakes
- link it to the next item
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