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 school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a fan by the blackboard, a frog by the teacher’s desk, a key by the classroom door, a wallet by the stairs, a whistle by the notice board. Where did you place the fan? (a) notice board (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries water upward (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear voices” go on? (a) skin (b) nose (c) ears (d) tongue
- 6.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a van by the classroom door, a nest by the blackboard, a violin by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the stairs, an ice cream by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) van (b) nest (c) violin (d) drum
- 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) chunking
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 11.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a giant rainbow umbrella (b) a small grey dot (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a plain box
- 12.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) touch (c) taste (d) smell
- 13.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 15.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) redraw it from memory (c) throw it away (d) frame it
- 16.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 17.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) ideas with no links (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) one key word per branch
- 19.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 21.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it is longer (c) it hides the ideas (d) it shows how ideas link
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sweet” go on? (a) skin (b) nose (c) eyes (d) tongue
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a pencil that dances (c) a dull white wall (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a shoe by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the library, a jalebi by the blackboard, a duck by the stairs, an ice cream by the classroom door. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) blackboard (b) library (c) classroom door (d) stairs
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) turn into fruit (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the TV, a rose by the sofa, a pencil by the dining table, a vase by the bed, a cat by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) vase (b) pencil (c) cat (d) rose
- 27.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) it comes back alone (d) you get an extra item
- 28.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jug by the fruit cart, a ball by the park gate, a tomato by the post box, a radio by the swing, an igloo by the banyan tree. Where did you place the igloo? (a) swing (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) banyan tree
- 30.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) watching fireworks (b) smelling wet earth (c) hearing a dog bark (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 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) grow under the ground (c) take in water from soil (d) hold the plant firm
- 32.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) skin (b) eyes (c) tongue (d) nose
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) smell (b) sound (c) touch (d) taste
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling jasmine (b) hearing a whistle (c) tasting bitter karela (d) hands in icy water
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 37.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) hearing a drum boom (c) tasting raw mango (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an anchor by the door, a drum by the dining table, a whistle by the sofa, an umpire by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the TV. Where did you place the anchor? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) door (d) shoe rack
- 40.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the date (b) a small detail (c) your name (d) the main topic
Answer key
- blackboard
- step 1
- hear the new word
- carries water upward
- ears
- the pen stirring tea
- step 2
- drum
- the method of loci
- step 4
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- sound
- later today and tomorrow
- a weak picture
- redraw it from memory
- a strong picture
- a good mind map
- one key word per branch
- False
- one you know very well
- it shows how ideas link
- tongue
- a dull white wall
- classroom door
- turn into fruit
- cat
- that item is lost
- False
- banyan tree
- hearing a dog bark
- make food using sunlight
- a good mind map
- nose
- taste
- tasting bitter karela
- step 4
- step 4
- hearing a drum boom
- door
- the main topic
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