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 word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) snake (c) sell (d) smell
- 2.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) hear voices (b) hear a bell (c) feel a light touch (d) smell food
- 4.True or false: “directions told just now” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 6.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 7.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a long TV show (b) an hour of games (c) scrolling videos (d) a short walk or stretch
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a van by the shoe rack, a jug by the TV, an ant by the door, a coconut by the sofa, a watch by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) coconut (b) van (c) ant (d) jug
- 9.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling wet earth (c) watching fireworks (d) hearing a dog bark
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 460576869. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 460 578 69 (b) 460 578 669 (c) 460 576 869 (d) 460 576 8669
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lions Silly Red (b) Silly Red Lions Fly (c) Red Silly Lions Fly (d) Silly Lions Fly Red
- 12.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) feeling very stressed (c) studying very hungry (d) sitting still all day
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 1997282140. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 199 728 21140 (b) 199 728 210 (c) 919 728 2140 (d) 199 728 2140
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 15.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your home address (b) a carry while adding (c) directions told just now (d) a price you just heard
- 16.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 17.🔗 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
- 18.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 19.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) grow under the ground (c) hold the plant firm (d) take in water from soil
- 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) tongue (b) ears (c) skin (d) nose
- 24.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) your birthday (c) a number you just heard (d) a new word for a minute
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Goats (b) Wins Seven Goats (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Goats Wins Seven
- 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 27.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 0 or 5 (b) 2 or 7 (c) 1 or 6 (d) any digit
- 28.🃏 You test yourself on 15 flashcards and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, goat, mirror? (a) Mum Green Ants (b) Ants Green Mum (c) Green Ants Mum (d) Green Mum Ants
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it once only (b) testing yourself (c) learning without meaning (d) cramming the last night
- 31.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: asking how to spell it? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Play Cats Eat (c) Eat Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Eat Play Cats
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to swim (b) the national anthem (c) your home address (d) an OTP you just got
- 34.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 35.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
- 36.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it only helps in sport
- 37.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) fun (b) bright (c) fight (d) wake
- 39.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sound (b) touch (c) smell (d) taste
- 40.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: short reviews over weeks? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
Answer key
- snake
- 9
- feel a light touch
- True
- add more stops
- passive review
- a short walk or stretch
- ant
- hearing a dog bark
- 460 576 869
- Red Silly Lions Fly
- a calm, happy mind
- 199 728 2140
- find a sound-alike word
- your home address
- a strong picture
- link it to the next item
- the method of loci
- passive review
- chunking
- carries water upward
- numbers and letter lists
- skin
- your birthday
- Seven Wins Goats
- step 1
- 0 or 5
- 9
- Ants Green Mum
- testing yourself
- helps with names
- Eat Crazy Play Cats
- an OTP you just got
- True
- initials match the list
- you keep what you notice
- 11
- fun
- touch
- spaced practice
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