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 of these helps your memory? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) feeling very stressed (c) staying up very late (d) studying very hungry
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
- 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, parrot, wallet, flute, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PGWFA (b) GPWFA (c) AFWPG (d) PWFAG
- 6.Which of these is cramming? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) no review until the test
- 7.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) using it in a sentence (b) thinking of your reply (c) linking it to a picture (d) saying the name back
- 8.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 9.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the main topic (b) your name (c) a small detail (d) the date
- 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) make seeds (c) attract bees (d) green, flat and thin
- 12.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 30 flashcards and get 16 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 13.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) hearing a dog bark (c) tasting salty chips (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a bus made of ice (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 17.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
- 18.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Inside Bakes Grab ___ Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Kites (c) Uncle (d) Fly
- 20.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) ears (d) eyes
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a quiet place to study (c) asking a question (d) three tasks at once
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, lamp, guava, key, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LGKCD (b) LDGKC (c) CKGLD (d) DLGKC
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) learning it all at once (c) 4 hours the night before (d) starting the exam eve
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) an OTP you just got (c) a number you just heard (d) the national anthem
- 28.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) one you never saw
- 29.📐 In the 9 times table from 9 × 1 to 9 × 10, the digits of each answer add up to… (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 18
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) games (c) steps (d) tricks
- 31.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) forgetting starts late (c) we never forget (d) we forget fast at first
- 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, tiger, fan, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBFI (b) IFTB (c) BTFI (d) TFIB
- 35.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only a teacher (c) only adults (d) anyone, even a toy
- 36.🃏 You test yourself on 12 state capitals and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) kitaab (c) mez (d) paay
- 39.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
- 40.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: all reviews on one day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
Answer key
- a healthy breakfast
- step 4
- Venus
- a fact
- GPWFA
- no review until the test
- thinking of your reply
- passive review
- the main topic
- helps you keep it
- green, flat and thin
- 12
- False
- roots
- hearing a dog bark
- a pale, tiny dot
- explain it simply
- 5
- Yaks
- note it, then go back
- ears
- three tasks at once
- DLGKC
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- find a sound-alike word
- a fact
- the national anthem
- one you know very well
- 9
- tricks
- we forget fast at first
- numbers and letter lists
- choose a place you know
- BTFI
- anyone, even a toy
- 6
- a silly, funny one
- paay
- west
- cramming
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