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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) add more stops (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a net by the blackboard, a spoon by the playground, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a sock by the classroom door, an umbrella by the library. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) spoon (b) tent (c) sock (d) net
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto a fan; the fan pulls a frog; the frog chases a rope; the rope crashes into a tiger. Which item comes right before the frog? (a) kettle (b) fan (c) frog (d) rope
- 4.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) the word in small print (c) a far-off still tree (d) a kite as big as a house
- 7.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a net by the gate, a frog by the sofa, a nest by the shoe rack, a key by the TV, an owl by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) nest (b) owl (c) key (d) frog
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sits on a tomato; the tomato sings to a jeep; the jeep rolls into a ladder; the ladder crashes into a guava. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) jeep (b) tomato (c) ladder (d) guava
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) haathi (c) bhaat (d) ped
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) mother (b) cloud (c) cat (d) foot
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 15.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass jumps over a fan; the fan bounces onto a coconut; the coconut pulls a vase; the vase falls into a tomato. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) vase (b) glass (c) coconut (d) fan
- 19.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant net crashes into a jalebi; the jalebi bounces onto a duck; the duck rolls into an urn; the urn sings to a drum. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) net (b) urn (c) jalebi (d) drum
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a jalebi by the fruit cart, an apple by the slide, a duck by the park gate, a rose by the banyan tree, a rope by the swing. Where did you place the duck? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) swing (d) fruit cart
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pillow by the dining table, a kite by the TV, a net by the kitchen, a violin by the sofa, a banana by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) kite (b) banana (c) violin (d) pillow
- 25.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
- 26.🔗 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
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant key pulls a jug; the jug chases a doll; the doll sings to a flute; the flute jumps over a spoon. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) key (b) jug (c) spoon (d) doll
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) green, flat and thin (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite falls into a vase; the vase sits on an anchor; the anchor crashes into a wallet; the wallet tickles a lemon. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) lemon (b) kite (c) vase (d) wallet
- 30.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a mango that sings (d) a dull white wall
- 31.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
- 32.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) the word in small print (c) a pencil that dances (d) a giant pink elephant
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil sings to an ice cream; the ice cream pulls a drum; the drum falls into a tent; the tent tickles an umpire. Which item comes right before the tent? (a) pencil (b) tent (c) ice cream (d) drum
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot falls into a needle; the needle sits on a cat; the cat rolls into a mango; the mango crashes into a lamp. Which item comes right after the mango? (a) needle (b) cat (c) lamp (d) inkpot
- 36.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting salty chips (b) watching fireworks (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hearing a dog bark
- 37.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 38.🏰 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
- 39.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- add more stops
- net
- fan
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- a kite as big as a house
- a weak picture
- owl
- link it to the next item
- a strong picture
- jeep
- paani
- cloud
- step 3
- a funny, moving one
- step 4
- find a sound-alike word
- fan
- True
- a tree on a note PAD
- step 1
- jalebi
- park gate
- kite
- one you know very well
- link it to the next item
- spoon
- turn into fruit
- vase
- a dull white wall
- the pen stirring tea
- the word in small print
- step 1
- drum
- lamp
- hearing a dog bark
- a weak picture
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- link it to the meaning
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