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 home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a nest by the kitchen, a jeep by the shoe rack, an orange by the sofa, a violin by the TV, an ice cream by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) nest (b) violin (c) jeep (d) ice cream
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) roots
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) touch (b) sight (c) taste (d) sound
- 7.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) never again
- 9.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) the letters only (d) a blank page
- 10.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 11.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 12.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only for numbers (c) only once a year (d) no, never
- 13.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) nothing changes (c) you get an extra item (d) it comes back alone
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 15.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a mango that sings (d) a giant pink elephant
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an anchor by the classroom door, a flute by the library, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a kettle by the playground, a ball by the blackboard. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) ball (b) anchor (c) flute (d) candle
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute pulls a tomato; the tomato chases a ball; the ball bounces onto a kite; the kite crashes into an orange. Which item comes right before the kite? (a) orange (b) flute (c) tomato (d) ball
- 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) sakhar (c) haathi (d) machhli
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey sings to a shoe; the shoe jumps over an orange; the orange pulls an inkpot; the inkpot crashes into a mirror. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) orange (b) shoe (c) mirror (d) monkey
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) the word in small print (d) a giant pink elephant
- 25.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) ideas with no links (c) all in one colour (d) long sentences
- 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) I NEED sleep
- 28.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) useless
- 29.🗣️ 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
- 30.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 31.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a plain grey box (d) a list of words only
- 32.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) honesty (c) banana (d) rocket
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) ears (d) skin
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 35.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 37.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) copying a whole page (c) a colour for each branch (d) topic in a corner
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- nest
- roots
- step 3
- to keep the order
- step 2
- sound
- True
- later today and tomorrow
- a bird leaving a cage
- a poor mind map
- a good mind map
- yes, with new pictures
- that item is lost
- a weak picture
- False
- a plain grey box
- candle
- ball
- step 2
- a strong picture
- sakhar
- shoe
- step 1
- the word in small print
- fix stops in order
- small doodles
- a book in a KIT bag
- easier to keep
- link it to the meaning
- the method of loci
- a bus made of ice
- honesty
- skin
- leaves
- False
- step 4
- picture the first item
- a colour for each branch
- flowers
- hear the new word
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