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.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) it needs no effort (d) recalling makes it stick
- 2.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (b) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (d) Sing Lazy Fly Rani
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) shock (b) tell (c) snake (d) fun
- 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) train (b) well (c) bake (d) sock
- 6.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 7.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) all reviews on one day (b) 4 hours the night before (c) old topics each Sunday (d) one huge session
- 8.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
- 9.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) start the last day (b) write the exam dates (c) copy a friend (d) buy new pens
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio rolls into a spoon; the spoon crashes into a kite; the kite bounces onto an owl; the owl sings to a rose. Which item comes right after the radio? (a) spoon (b) rose (c) kite (d) radio
- 13.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 9, 11 (b) days 11, 14, 16 (c) days 7, 10, 16 (d) all on day 16
- 14.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) linking to what you know (c) making a picture of it (d) one long session only
- 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) explaining it aloud (c) copying notes neatly (d) closed-book writing
- 16.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) never using the name (b) linking it to a picture (c) asking how to spell it (d) saying the name back
- 17.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) mix up the letters (b) use it in a few sums (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) cram it the last night
- 18.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
- 20.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 22.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 45 (b) 48 (c) 43 (d) 46
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 24.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts weeks early (b) has short breaks (c) old topics come back (d) late nights every day
- 26.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
- 27.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 29.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noticing the face (b) hearing it only once (c) saying the name back (d) writing it down later
- 32.👋 You meet a new classmate called Tara. The name means “star”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) hair blown by the wind (b) riding a big sea wave (c) in a bright ray of light (d) wearing a shiny star
- 33.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) naak (c) mez (d) sakhar
- 35.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 36.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) a healthy breakfast (c) hours with no break (d) fruit and vegetables
- 37.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 38.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗓️ Your exam is in 16 days. You have 4 chapters and need 3 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 40.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- recalling makes it stick
- initials match the list
- Rani Sing Lazy Fly
- fun
- bake
- put pictures at stops
- old topics each Sunday
- 27
- write the exam dates
- VIBGYOR
- False
- spoon
- days 7, 10, 16
- one long session only
- copying notes neatly
- never using the name
- use it in a few sums
- fix stops in order
- store it
- True
- a funny, moving one
- 45
- MVEMJSUN
- January
- late nights every day
- a memory trick
- False
- link it to the meaning
- one you know very well
- helps you keep it
- hearing it only once
- wearing a shiny star
- that item is lost
- sakhar
- 65
- hours with no break
- an acronym
- False
- 4
- True
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