Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 3 Test
Memory tip (See it, link it, place it): Pictures: big, funny, moving, colourful, with a sense. Stories: each item does something to the next. Palace: walk the stops in order. Keyword: the CAPITAL word sounds like the new word, the picture shows the meaning. Mind maps: topic in the centre, each detail on its own branch.
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- 1.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle jumps over a goat; the goat crashes into a fan; the fan rolls into a key; the key chases a bucket. Which item comes right after the fan? (a) key (b) bucket (c) fan (d) candle
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mango by the park gate, an owl by the swing, an igloo by the slide, a duck by the bench, a radio by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) duck (b) owl (c) radio (d) igloo
- 3.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) each link leads on (c) it uses numbers (d) stories are short
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) stem (d) flowers
- 5.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) skip 5 items (c) use no route (d) add more stops
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) machhli (c) bhaat (d) naak
- 8.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a bright red flying cow
- 9.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a blurry shape (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a plain grey box
- 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) attract bees (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries water upward (d) carries food to parts
- 12.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) the letters only (c) a blank page (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 13.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 14.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) I AM eating a mango
- 15.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) stem (d) flowers
- 17.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) turn into fruit (c) carries water upward (d) grow under the ground
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin chases a tomato; the tomato tickles a guava; the guava falls into a drum; the drum sits on an anchor. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) tomato (b) guava (c) drum (d) violin
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) carries water upward (c) hold the plant firm (d) green, flat and thin
- 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 28.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in the centre (c) topic in a corner (d) copying a whole page
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) stroking soft fur (c) tasting raw mango (d) seeing a glowing star
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato falls into an onion; the onion rolls into a ball; the ball sits on an igloo; the igloo chases an ant. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) ball (b) tomato (c) ant (d) igloo
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 37.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor pulls a banana; the banana rolls into a pencil; the pencil jumps over a candle; the candle crashes into a ball. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) candle (b) ball (c) anchor (d) banana
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 40.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) taste (b) sound (c) touch (d) sight
Answer key
- key
- radio
- each link leads on
- stem
- add more stops
- step 2
- shala
- a bright red flying cow
- a laughing tiffin box
- water in a PAN
- attract bees
- a bird leaving a cage
- the method of loci
- a BAT made of rice
- a weak picture
- stem
- one you know very well
- carries water upward
- link it to the meaning
- fix stops in order
- drum
- step 1
- choose a place you know
- green, flat and thin
- link it to the next item
- step 4
- step 4
- topic in the centre
- stroking soft fur
- tomato
- put pictures at stops
- a funny, moving one
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- a poor mind map
- put pictures at stops
- True
- ball
- step 4
- touch
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