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What helped me memorize things easily

I’ve always had a problem memorizing things. I was scared to death every time we ___ do something which involved learning or, rather memorizing something.

. I knew that meant spending ______ whole evening repeating the same lines over and over again

while all _______friends always managed to do that within several minutes. 

 I started reading about it, and found a ___ tips which helped me become a better learner.

. I ___ I could share a few of them with you here

Focusing on what’s going on. I often find myself distracted ___ facebook, reading news or replying to messages from my friend, father or someone else.

     I forced ___ to put away my mobile phone and focus on what was going on.

Making notes. During one of the lessons, my teacher taught us to make notes by writing down nouns, verbs, adjectives __ other important words and skipping prepositions, articles etc. 

. I decided to try ___, and the moment I began making notes like that, I realized how helpful it was 

. I decided to try ___, and the moment I began making notes like that, I realized how helpful it was 

I realized how helpful it was – I seem to be able to note down twice as much __ I used 

Reconstructing what I noted down. ___ I know I might need my notes in the future , I will come home and write up the full lecture from my notes. 

   I hate spending time on that, but I understand that if I avoid doing that ___ the same day, I might be unable to reconstruct that later

 Teaching someone else. Research shows that we memorize things better if we __ them immediately or teach someone else to do those things

. I managed to try out this approach when one ____ my classmates asked me to teach her how to cook steak. 

  . I really enjoyed teaching her, and we ended up cooking a full dinner for our parents. That was amazing – and now I know that I will remember how to do that forever!

These are just some of the things I thought ___ useful. I hope you’ll find them useful, and I hope to hear you success stories

    Have you ever had a problem___(use) your mobile phone? What happened?

    What are you hoping __(do) next weekend?

   Have you ever managed ___( convince ) your parents to buy you something you really wanted ? What was it?

   Do you think you will ___( live ) in Ukraine all your life or do you think you might ___( move) abroad at some point?

     Have your parents ever asked you ___( do ) something which you thought was unfair? What was it?

   What do you most enjoy ___( do ) in your free time?

   Do you think you could __( have ) the same job all your life or would you like to have several professions?

     Have you ever taught your classmates ___( do ) something they couldn’t do, such as riding a bike, using Powerpoint etc.?

   Is anyone who seems ___( understand ) you better than anyone else? Who is it?

     Do you help your classmates ___( do ) their homework? What subjects do you usually help them with?

     If you decided ___( stop ) eating three types of food , what would they be?

     Which of the household chores do you usually avoid __( do )? Why?

   In which of the sentences is the speaker saying he or she has locked the door?

    In which of the sentences does the speaker mean that he/she will change the bedsheets?

    In which of the sentences does the speaker mean that the bedsheets are dirty and is recommending someone else to change them?