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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sight (b) touch (c) sound (d) taste
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 4.🔗 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
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sound (b) taste (c) touch (d) sight
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 9.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) harder to keep (c) too slow (d) useless
- 10.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut tickles a drum; the drum jumps over a rose; the rose crashes into a ladder; the ladder rolls into a jeep. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) drum (b) jeep (c) coconut (d) rose
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) smell food (b) see shapes (c) feel rough or smooth (d) taste sour
- 13.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 15.🗣️ 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
- 16.🗺️ 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
- 17.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 18.🔗 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
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) attract bees (c) turn into fruit (d) holds up the leaves
- 23.🔗 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
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) lines that link ideas (c) one key word per branch (d) copying a whole page
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum falls into a banana; the banana chases a candle; the candle jumps over a guava; the guava sits on a spoon. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) spoon (b) guava (c) banana (d) drum
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a spoon by the TV, a rose by the sofa, a tomato by the bed, a needle by the dining table, a duck by the kitchen. What did you place by the dining table? (a) duck (b) tomato (c) needle (d) spoon
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 30.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 31.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an onion by the classroom door, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a sock by the stairs, a jug by the library, a bucket by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) jug (b) bucket (c) onion (d) sock
- 33.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) redraw it from memory (b) throw it away (c) colour it again (d) frame it
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a van by the dining table, an umpire by the TV, a sock by the kitchen, a lamp by the sofa, an inkpot by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) lamp (b) umpire (c) inkpot (d) sock
- 35.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) nothing changes (c) it comes back alone (d) that item is lost
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 37.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 38.🏰 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
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a mango by the TV, an orange by the kitchen, a tent by the bed, a needle by the sofa, a lemon by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) mango (b) needle (c) tent (d) lemon
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) stem (d) flowers
Answer key
- a strong picture
- sound
- step 4
- link it to the next item
- step 1
- touch
- step 1
- step 3
- easier to keep
- picture the first item
- drum
- smell food
- False
- funny actions
- find a sound-alike word
- turn into fruit
- a strong picture
- picture the first item
- picture the first item
- step 4
- picture the first item
- holds up the leaves
- link it to the next item
- a weak picture
- copying a whole page
- a strong picture
- banana
- needle
- step 4
- the method of loci
- False
- sock
- redraw it from memory
- umpire
- that item is lost
- the word’s meaning
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- lemon
- stem
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