Does memory have a
limit?
Does memory have a limit?
Do you have a good memory or a bad memory? Why?
Have you ever forgotten something important, like
your keys or your phone?
Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why
you went there?
Have you ever forgotten an important date, like a
birthday or an anniversary?
Do you easily memorize information?
Complete the questions below with the correct
prepositions.
• Do you have a good memory ______ faces, names, or
dates?
• What are some of your most vivid memories ________
your childhood?
• Can you recite any poem, song or speech _______
memory?
• What is the most significant moment or event that will
remain ________ your memory forever?
Using the correct forms of remember, remind, recall and
recollect, complete the sentences below.
a) I can’t _______ the date of their wedding.
b) Your hair and eyes _______ me of your mother.
c) She ________ seeing him outside the shop on the night
of the robbery.
d) Can you __________ us about your plans for holiday?
e) I really don’t _________ what our argument was about.
f) He never ___________ to lock the door when he goes
out.
VOCABULARY
1. to tune in a. to be coming quickly, to seem very close
2. to visualise b. to listen to a live radio programme
3. familiar c. a small change
4. an adjustment d. necessary, of extreme importance
5. a knock-on effect e. the last exams in a university course
6. vital f. well known or easily recognised
7. to be looming g. to form a mental picture of something
8. finals h. something that happens as a result of
something else happening
LET’S LISTEN
Which sentences are true about memorization? Tick (✓) four correct
answers.
. We all use memory in the same way.
. We learn to use our memory as soon as we are born.
. There are two different forms of memorisation.
. We are taught how to improve our memory in history lessons.
. Writing shopping lists can improve your memory.
. Teaching helps us to memorise.
. We can train our brains to be more effective.
. We can only use one image at a time as an aid to memorisation.
1. The speaker explains how to make our _______________
(memorize) function better.
2. We can make _______________ (improve) in our ability to
memorise.
3. We use a _______________ (combine) of long-term and short-
term memory.
4. There are several things we can do to recall _______________
(inform).
5. We can use word _______________ (associate) to remember a
concept.
6. The term _______________ (visualise) means imagining a
picture.
7. You can use different _______________ (formulate) to
remember historical facts.