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.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jeep by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a cat by the shoe rack, a banana by the dining table, an owl by the door. Where did you place the tiger? (a) door (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) sofa
- 3.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling jasmine (b) hearing a dog bark (c) hearing a whistle (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) attract bees (c) make seeds (d) take in water from soil
- 6.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
- 7.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) add more stops
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) water (b) school (c) flower (d) fish
- 11.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) guess (d) replay the story
- 12.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) turn into fruit
- 14.🔗 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
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) attract bees (c) turn into fruit (d) grow under the ground
- 16.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) only in the exam (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) mango (b) tree (c) cloud (d) cat
- 18.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) honesty (b) banana (c) rocket (d) elephant
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a sock by the swing, an onion by the post box, a doll by the banyan tree, a bucket by the fruit cart, a coconut by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) coconut (b) onion (c) bucket (d) doll
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 22.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
- 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) flower (b) monkey (c) sugar (d) mother
- 24.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) taste salty (b) read words (c) hear voices (d) taste sweet
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon crashes into an anchor; the anchor rolls into a tomato; the tomato bounces onto a kettle; the kettle sings to a sock. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) sock (b) anchor (c) spoon (d) tomato
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) have tiny pores (c) hold the plant firm (d) green, flat and thin
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) eye (b) fish (c) table (d) school
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 33.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) holds up the leaves (c) take in water from soil (d) attract bees
- 35.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) paay (c) machhli (d) bandar
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple crashes into an umpire; the umpire bounces onto an owl; the owl rolls into a bucket; the bucket chases a coconut. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) owl (b) coconut (c) umpire (d) bucket
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 40.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
Answer key
- new words in a language
- sofa
- feeling a prickly cactus
- hear the new word
- take in water from soil
- a funny, moving one
- False
- True
- add more stops
- water
- replay the story
- hear the new word
- turn into fruit
- link it to the next item
- carries water upward
- later today and tomorrow
- cat
- honesty
- onion
- step 3
- a weak picture
- that item is lost
- flower
- the method of loci
- read words
- tomato
- hold the plant firm
- table
- put pictures at stops
- step 1
- hear the new word
- link it to the meaning
- picture the first item
- take in water from soil
- step 4
- picture the first item
- machhli
- owl
- step 3
- step 4
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