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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a nest by the fruit cart, a tomato by the banyan tree, a drum by the slide, an owl by the park gate, a kettle by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) drum (b) tomato (c) nest (d) owl
- 2.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) later today and tomorrow (d) only in the exam
- 3.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 4.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope rolls into a candle; the candle sings to an urn; the urn tickles a flute; the flute falls into a shoe. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) candle (b) shoe (c) urn (d) rope
- 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) the word’s meaning (d) its spelling backwards
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a monkey by the post box, a rose by the swing, a mirror by the fruit cart, an igloo by the park gate, an umpire by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umpire (b) igloo (c) mirror (d) rose
- 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 9.🔗 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
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) key (b) foot (c) tree (d) cat
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sound (b) sight (c) smell (d) touch
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) smell food (b) taste sour (c) hear a bell (d) read words
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) have tiny pores (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries water upward (d) attract bees
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) paay (c) chaand (d) naak
- 19.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle sings to a fan; the fan falls into a nest; the nest crashes into a parrot; the parrot pulls an inkpot. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) kettle (b) parrot (c) nest (d) inkpot
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) read words (b) hear music (c) smell food (d) feel rough or smooth
- 22.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) copying a whole page (c) all in one colour (d) long sentences
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a far-off still tree (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a pencil that dances
- 24.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a far-off still tree (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a bus made of ice
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) watching fireworks (c) tasting salty chips (d) stroking soft fur
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe pulls a pencil; the pencil chases a vase; the vase sits on a bucket; the bucket rolls into a flute. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) flute (b) pencil (c) bucket (d) vase
- 28.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a giant rainbow umbrella (c) a small grey dot (d) the word “umbrella”
- 29.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 30.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant key bounces onto a needle; the needle jumps over a rose; the rose chases a pencil; the pencil tickles a bucket. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) bucket (b) rose (c) pencil (d) needle
- 32.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: lines that link ideas? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) stem
- 35.🗣️ 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
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 37.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 38.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) turn into fruit (c) take in water from soil (d) carries food to parts
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) book (b) rice (c) elephant (d) fish
Answer key
- drum
- later today and tomorrow
- to keep the order
- a BATTLE in the clouds
- urn
- the word’s meaning
- igloo
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- cat
- a strong picture
- fix stops in order
- yes, with new pictures
- touch
- choose a place you know
- taste sour
- carries water upward
- naak
- True
- nest
- feel rough or smooth
- a colour for each branch
- a far-off still tree
- new words in a language
- a bus made of ice
- tasting salty chips
- bucket
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a strong picture
- False
- bucket
- a good mind map
- step 2
- stem
- link it to the meaning
- step 3
- one you know very well
- the method of loci
- turn into fruit
- elephant
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