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 home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ball by the shoe rack, an onion by the door, a frog by the gate, an apple by the sofa, an owl by the TV. Where did you place the owl? (a) sofa (b) gate (c) door (d) TV
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) make seeds (c) turn into fruit (d) attract bees
- 3.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a bus made of ice
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) kitaab (c) baadal (d) neend
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a duck by the library, a violin by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the playground, a frog by the classroom door, a nest by the blackboard. Where did you place the umpire? (a) playground (b) classroom door (c) library (d) teacher’s desk
- 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a far-off still tree (c) a list of words only (d) a pencil that dances
- 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) cat (b) cloud (c) rice (d) table
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a cat by the stairs, an apple by the teacher’s desk, a spoon by the school gate, a duck by the classroom door, an ant by the notice board. Where did you place the duck? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) school gate (d) classroom door
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries food to parts (c) attract bees (d) hold the plant firm
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) smell smoke (c) see shapes (d) feel hot and cold
- 13.True or false: “ideas with no links” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 15.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a pillow by the stairs, a rope by the library, a key by the teacher’s desk, a kettle by the blackboard, a sock by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rope (b) pillow (c) sock (d) key
- 17.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug tickles a duck; the duck chases a banana; the banana pulls an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a glass. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) duck (b) igloo (c) jug (d) glass
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut pulls a whistle; the whistle chases a pencil; the pencil rolls into a ladder; the ladder sings to an onion. Which item comes right after the ladder? (a) ladder (b) pencil (c) onion (d) whistle
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting salty chips (b) watching fireworks (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) taste (b) sight (c) touch (d) smell
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) eyes (b) ears (c) skin (d) tongue
- 24.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) chaabi (c) bandar (d) paani
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) grow under the ground (c) take in water from soil (d) carries water upward
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) read words (b) smell food (c) feel a light touch (d) hear voices
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) table (b) book (c) sleep (d) monkey
- 30.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) both the same (c) neither (d) the pen near a cup
- 31.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 32.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) stories are short (c) each link leads on (d) it uses numbers
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting salty chips (b) tasting raw mango (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) stroking soft fur
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sight (b) taste (c) touch (d) sound
- 35.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) topic in the centre (c) details on small twigs (d) all in one colour
- 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) I AM eating a mango
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) I NEED sleep (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 40.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) copying a whole page (b) ideas with no links (c) topic in the centre (d) tiny, cramped writing
Answer key
- TV
- carries food to parts
- a pale, tiny dot
- neend
- playground
- step 1
- a pencil that dances
- step 4
- cloud
- classroom door
- attract bees
- smell smoke
- True
- step 3
- a funny, moving one
- rope
- True
- jug
- find a sound-alike word
- onion
- feeling a prickly cactus
- sight
- eyes
- a bird leaving a cage
- paani
- step 2
- carries water upward
- feel a light touch
- monkey
- the pen stirring tea
- later today and tomorrow
- each link leads on
- seeing a red kite fly
- touch
- all in one colour
- a PIE under your foot
- choose a place you know
- Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- step 1
- topic in the centre
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