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.🏰 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
- 2.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel hot and cold” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) I AM eating a mango (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umbrella by the blackboard, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the library, a ladder by the classroom door, a goat by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jeep (b) ladder (c) guava (d) goat
- 5.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a MAZE on a table (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a DOLL with big eyes
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) hold the plant firm (c) carries food to parts (d) carries water upward
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a nest by the classroom door, an umbrella by the notice board, a tiger by the stairs, an urn by the blackboard, a parrot by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the parrot? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) notice board (d) stairs
- 8.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug crashes into a tomato; the tomato bounces onto a watch; the watch falls into a pencil; the pencil jumps over an ice cream. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) pencil (b) watch (c) tomato (d) jug
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 12.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot bounces onto an orange; the orange jumps over a needle; the needle pulls a shoe; the shoe tickles a jalebi. Which item comes right before the jalebi? (a) orange (b) inkpot (c) needle (d) shoe
- 14.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 15.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) add more stops (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite chases an ant; the ant sits on a tomato; the tomato jumps over a flute; the flute crashes into a cat. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) flute (b) cat (c) tomato (d) ant
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) mother (b) book (c) sugar (d) cat
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 19.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
- 20.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) numbers
- 21.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
- 22.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a mango that sings (c) the word in small print (d) a bright red flying cow
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) stem (d) flowers
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) eyes (d) skin
- 25.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a list of words only (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) watching fireworks (b) smelling jasmine (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a dog bark
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock tickles a lamp; the lamp bounces onto a jeep; the jeep crashes into a mirror; the mirror sits on a jalebi. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) mirror (b) lamp (c) jalebi (d) sock
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) baadal (c) paay (d) naak
- 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) have tiny pores (d) attract bees
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste salty (b) smell flowers (c) feel a light touch (d) feel rough or smooth
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) taste sour (b) smell flowers (c) smell smoke (d) read words
- 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 35.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 37.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) taste (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) is spelled the same
- 40.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see colours” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- fix stops in order
- False
- Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- goat
- I AM eating a mango
- hold the plant firm
- teacher’s desk
- later today and tomorrow
- a weak picture
- pencil
- roots
- a strong picture
- shoe
- a good mind map
- add more stops
- cat
- cat
- a strong picture
- new words in a language
- funny actions
- that item is lost
- the word in small print
- stem
- skin
- a kite as big as a house
- hearing a dog bark
- put pictures at stops
- jalebi
- chaabi
- step 4
- attract bees
- smell flowers
- taste sour
- step 2
- False
- replay the story
- taste
- sound
- sounds like the new word
- True
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