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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a MAZE on a table
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 5.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a dull white wall
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) feel hot and cold (b) feel a light touch (c) feel rough or smooth (d) see colours
- 9.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) never again (d) after a year
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear music” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) ears (d) eyes
- 11.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 12.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) quick to see and recall (c) it looks empty (d) it saves ink
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut sits on an umbrella; the umbrella pulls a key; the key falls into a frog; the frog jumps over a cat. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) cat (b) umbrella (c) key (d) coconut
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon pulls a coconut; the coconut falls into a jalebi; the jalebi tickles a ladder; the ladder sits on an anchor. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) jalebi (b) ladder (c) coconut (d) lemon
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin bounces onto an igloo; the igloo falls into a mango; the mango pulls a nest; the nest sits on a kettle. Which item comes right after the mango? (a) nest (b) igloo (c) kettle (d) mango
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 18.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 21.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it shows how ideas link (b) it needs no review (c) it hides the ideas (d) it is longer
- 22.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen stirring tea (c) neither (d) the pen near a cup
- 23.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) flower (c) eye (d) moon
- 25.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
- 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 29.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a BAT made of rice (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sings to a jeep; the jeep sits on an orange; the orange crashes into a whistle; the whistle bounces onto a tent. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) orange (b) van (c) tent (d) jeep
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 32.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) guess (c) start from nowhere (d) replay the story
- 33.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a violin by the sofa, a bucket by the TV, a wallet by the dining table, a shoe by the shoe rack, a mirror by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) mirror (b) violin (c) bucket (d) wallet
- 35.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 36.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 37.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 38.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) no picture at all
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) details on small twigs (d) topic in a corner
Answer key
- step 3
- a cat paying a BILL
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- each link leads on
- a kite as big as a house
- link it to the next item
- see colours
- later today and tomorrow
- ears
- a CHANDelier on the moon
- quick to see and recall
- coconut
- coconut
- step 2
- nest
- step 1
- add more stops
- picture the first item
- step 4
- it shows how ideas link
- the pen stirring tea
- a poor mind map
- key
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- find a sound-alike word
- step 1
- a BAT made of rice
- tent
- keep linking in order
- replay the story
- False
- wallet
- step 4
- the method of loci
- keep linking in order
- a funny, moving one
- step 2
- topic in a corner
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