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Question
How sharp is your memory?
Take this five-minute memory test. The teacher will read out a series of 30 words, one by one. Some of them will be repeated. Whenever you hear a word for the first time, write ‘N’ (for New) in the corresponding box, and when you hear a repeated word write ‘R’. After completing this task, check your results. Compare it with your friends and see where you stand.
| 1 | N | 11 | 21 | ||
| 2 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 3 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 5 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 |
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Solution
| 1 | astonished | 11 | safety | 21 | giants |
| 2 | available | 12 | approach | 22 | reluctant |
| 3 | doubt | 13 | chemist | 23 | devotee |
| 4 | statistical | 14 | methodical | 24 | perambulator |
| 5 | ordinary | 15 | doubt | 25 | memory |
| 6 | fortune | 16 | perfection | 26 | audacious |
| 7 | devotee | 17 | memory | 27 | eccentric |
| 8 | seldom | 18 | scarcely | 28 | common |
| 9 | reluctant | 19 | thousand | 29 | statistical |
| 10 | important | 20 | visitor | 30 | efficient |
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