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 school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an apple by the stairs, a drum by the classroom door, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the blackboard, a kettle by the notice board. Where did you place the rope? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tomato by the sofa, a lemon by the dining table, a fan by the kitchen, a tent by the TV, a vase by the bed. Where did you place the tent? (a) bed (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) TV
- 4.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) billi (c) sakhar (d) mez
- 6.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) never again (d) after a year
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear music” go on? (a) tongue (b) skin (c) eyes (d) ears
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sight (d) sound
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) take in water from soil (c) hold the plant firm (d) green, flat and thin
- 10.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 11.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) attract bees (c) carries food to parts (d) hold the plant firm
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest jumps over an igloo; the igloo tickles an onion; the onion crashes into a rope; the rope pulls a vase. Which item comes right after the igloo? (a) rope (b) igloo (c) onion (d) nest
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
- 15.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a watch by the post box, a violin by the swing, a goat by the park gate, a kite by the fruit cart, a frog by the banyan tree. Where did you place the violin? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) post box (d) swing
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sings to an orange; the orange pulls a doll; the doll chases a tent; the tent rolls into a cat. Which item comes right before the cat? (a) orange (b) doll (c) tent (d) apple
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a violin by the park gate, a pencil by the fruit cart, an anchor by the bus stop, a rope by the banyan tree, an umbrella by the post box. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) umbrella (b) anchor (c) violin (d) rope
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) school (b) cloud (c) cat (d) sugar
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 22.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a mango that sings (c) a plain grey box (d) a kite as big as a house
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a key by the classroom door, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, an ice cream by the library, an inkpot by the blackboard, an umbrella by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) key (b) ice cream (c) jeep (d) umbrella
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kite by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the sofa, a wallet by the TV, a pencil by the door, a jug by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umbrella (b) kite (c) wallet (d) pencil
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 30.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) start from nowhere (c) guess (d) read a new list
- 31.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) that item is lost (c) it comes back alone (d) nothing changes
- 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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) skip 5 items
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot falls into a violin; the violin bounces onto an owl; the owl chases an ice cream; the ice cream pulls a monkey. Which item comes right after the violin? (a) inkpot (b) owl (c) violin (d) monkey
- 36.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 37.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a bright red flying cow
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) hold the plant firm (c) attract bees (d) make seeds
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) hear a bell (c) see colours (d) feel hot and cold
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
Answer key
- teacher’s desk
- a strong picture
- TV
- a weak picture
- phool
- later today and tomorrow
- ears
- sound
- green, flat and thin
- the method of loci
- True
- attract bees
- onion
- sounds like the new word
- funny actions
- swing
- tent
- anchor
- sugar
- step 1
- leaves
- a funny, moving one
- fix stops in order
- a plain grey box
- umbrella
- a strong picture
- put pictures at stops
- wallet
- step 2
- replay the story
- that item is lost
- link it to the meaning
- add more stops
- fix stops in order
- owl
- to keep the order
- a normal-sized cup
- carries food to parts
- see colours
- step 4
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