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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) reviewing the next day (c) testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
- 3.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) lock (c) ring (d) rock
- 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 6.True or false: “no review until the test” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
- 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 12.📅 The digits 23081950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/819/50 (b) 23/0819/50 (c) 2308/19/50 (d) 23/08/1950
- 13.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a bus made of ice (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) the word in small print
- 14.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 15.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
- 16.True or false: “using it in a sentence” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) your birthday (c) an OTP you just got (d) your home address
- 18.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter
- 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 20.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) picture a tiled floor (b) copy it blindly (c) skip it (d) read it once
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make seeds (b) hold the plant firm (c) make food using sunlight (d) carries food to parts
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a far-off still tree (c) a pencil that dances (d) a list of words only
- 23.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) never test it (b) review it sooner (c) throw it away for good (d) wait a month
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps My Aunty (b) Aunty My Frogs Jeeps (c) Frogs My Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Frogs My Aunty
- 26.Which of these helps your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) studying very hungry (c) feeling very stressed (d) hours with no break
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) watching fireworks (b) seeing a glowing star (c) tasting bitter karela (d) hands in icy water
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jug, radio? (a) Runs Jeeps Cook (b) Jeeps Cook Runs (c) Cook Jeeps Runs (d) Jeeps Runs Cook
- 29.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 and 947
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) the national anthem (c) how to swim (d) a price you just heard
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Eat (c) Mice (d) Ice
- 33.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 34.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sweet” go on? (a) ears (b) nose (c) tongue (d) skin
- 36.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 320839652. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 839 6522 (b) 320 839 652 (c) 208 396 52 (d) 320 839 562
- 39.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) re-reading the chapter (c) answering old questions (d) highlighting everything
Answer key
- Mercury
- skipping revision
- False
- ring
- breaks attention
- False
- new words in a language
- keep it in memory
- 5
- True
- False
- 23/08/1950
- the word in small print
- a poor mind map
- east
- False
- an OTP you just got
- read it again, focused
- helps memory
- picture a tiled floor
- hold the plant firm
- a pencil that dances
- review it sooner
- a silly, funny one
- Jeeps Frogs My Aunty
- revising before bed
- tasting bitter karela
- Cook Jeeps Runs
- True
- 19 and 47
- a price you just heard
- Eat
- long-term memory
- egg
- tongue
- True
- an acronym
- 320 839 652
- loses names
- answering old questions
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