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.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
- 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum sings to a flute; the flute bounces onto an umbrella; the umbrella pulls a doll; the doll crashes into a ladder. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) drum (b) ladder (c) doll (d) flute
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
- 4.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 5.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a pencil that dances
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a list of words only (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 7.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) long sentences (d) topic in the centre
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 10.🏰 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
- 11.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 13.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 15.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) the word in small print (c) a dull white wall (d) a sock that smells awful
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass falls into an anchor; the anchor tickles a mirror; the mirror chases an inkpot; the inkpot rolls into a violin. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) anchor (b) violin (c) mirror (d) inkpot
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) roots (d) stem
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) taste salty (b) hear music (c) hear voices (d) hear a bell
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 22.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a far-off still tree (c) a pencil that dances (d) the word in small print
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 24.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) the word “umbrella”
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 26.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 27.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant jumps over a tent; the tent bounces onto an apple; the apple falls into an igloo; the igloo sits on a candle. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) tent (b) candle (c) igloo (d) apple
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) small doodles (c) one key word per branch (d) ideas with no links
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the notice board, a pencil by the stairs, a mango by the classroom door, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) mango (b) tent (c) flute (d) pencil
- 33.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) sight (b) taste (c) sound (d) touch
- 34.🗣️ 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
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 36.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it shows how ideas link (c) it hides the ideas (d) it is longer
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) elephant (b) cloud (c) fish (d) table
- 38.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) watching fireworks (b) hearing a dog bark (c) tasting bitter karela (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a radio by the slide, a whistle by the bench, a tiger by the fruit cart, an anchor by the swing, an umbrella by the park gate. What did you place by the swing? (a) anchor (b) whistle (c) umbrella (d) tiger
Answer key
- that item is lost
- drum
- smell
- a good mind map
- a dull white wall
- a list of words only
- the method of loci
- topic in the centre
- step 4
- step 1
- funny actions
- step 2
- add more stops
- picture the first item
- a sock that smells awful
- anchor
- stem
- taste salty
- step 4
- step 3
- step 1
- a pencil that dances
- a strong picture
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- find a sound-alike word
- a good mind map
- easier to keep
- keep linking in order
- igloo
- ideas with no links
- put pictures at stops
- pencil
- taste
- find a sound-alike word
- link it to the next item
- it shows how ideas link
- cloud
- fix stops in order
- tasting bitter karela
- anchor
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