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 is cramming? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) 4 hours the night before (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a little every day
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 3.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) there is no need (b) it looks smart (c) it is shorter (d) you can rebuild it
- 4.📅 You learn the 7 times table 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?
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use it in a few sums (b) read it once (c) never use it in sums (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock tickles an anchor; the anchor rolls into an urn; the urn sings to an ant; the ant bounces onto an umpire. Which item comes right before the umpire? (a) ant (b) sock (c) umpire (d) anchor
- 7.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) review and use it often (b) read it once (c) hope for the best (d) hear it once
- 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing the next day (b) learning without meaning (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
- 9.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, goat, lemon, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GLKW (b) GWLK (c) KLGW (d) WGLK
- 11.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) using it in a sum (d) learning without meaning
- 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) indigo (d) yellow
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jump (b) Jump Funny My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jump (d) Funny Jump My Aunty
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an apple by the fruit cart, a ladder by the banyan tree, a wallet by the slide, a cat by the park gate, an umbrella by the swing. Where did you place the ladder? (a) swing (b) fruit cart (c) slide (d) banyan tree
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 16.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 17.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) long numbers (c) new words in a language (d) adding sums
- 19.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) read it once silently (c) say it aloud often (d) change it each day
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) an all-night cram (c) a healthy breakfast (d) a full night’s sleep
- 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 22.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 23.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 24.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.🗺️ 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) hold the plant firm (c) grow under the ground (d) carries food to parts
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, monkey, banana, pillow. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MBPK (b) KMBP (c) PBMK (d) MKBP
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) memory can’t improve
- 28.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) an hour of games (b) a long TV show (c) scrolling videos (d) a short walk or stretch
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) ears
- 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 31.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) rushing the greeting (b) linking it to a picture (c) never using the name (d) not asking again
- 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 33.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) a healthy breakfast (c) sitting still all day (d) short study breaks
- 34.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) write the exam dates (b) copy a friend (c) start the last day (d) buy new pens
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) smelling wet earth (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hands in icy water
- 36.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) green, flat and thin (c) grow under the ground (d) make food using sunlight
- 38.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
- 39.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 40.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) clock (d) tree
Answer key
- 4 hours the night before
- step 1
- you can rebuild it
- 10
- use it in a few sums
- ant
- review and use it often
- reviewing the next day
- True
- WGLK
- learning without meaning
- blue
- Jump Funny My Aunty
- banyan tree
- roots
- fix stops in order
- False
- new words in a language
- say it aloud often
- an all-night cram
- breaks attention
- step 2
- helps memory
- 5
- carries food to parts
- KMBP
- testing yourself helps
- a short walk or stretch
- eyes
- step 3
- linking it to a picture
- helps attention
- sitting still all day
- write the exam dates
- hearing a drum boom
- 8
- grow under the ground
- splitting into groups
- a pale, tiny dot
- clock
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