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.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🗺️ 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) grow under the ground (d) make seeds
- 4.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 5.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) the pen stirring tea
- 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 7.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot falls into a needle; the needle bounces onto an apple; the apple chases an umbrella; the umbrella pulls a duck. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) umbrella (b) duck (c) needle (d) parrot
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🗣️ 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
- 12.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it grey (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 13.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) touch (b) smell (c) sight (d) taste
- 14.🗺️ 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) carries water upward (d) make seeds
- 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 16.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon rolls into a watch; the watch jumps over a ball; the ball falls into an inkpot; the inkpot tickles a jug. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) inkpot (b) jug (c) watch (d) ball
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) cloud (b) sugar (c) monkey (d) nose
- 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 20.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sight (d) touch
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) book (b) cloud (c) moon (d) key
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat sings to a doll; the doll sits on a glass; the glass tickles a pencil; the pencil chases a coconut. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) goat (b) doll (c) pencil (d) coconut
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) one key word per branch (c) topic in a corner (d) small doodles
- 26.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) adding sums (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
- 27.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) a colour for each branch (c) copying a whole page (d) topic in the centre
- 28.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) attract bees (b) make food using sunlight (c) grow under the ground (d) holds up the leaves
- 30.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) quick to see and recall (b) it looks empty (c) no reason (d) it saves ink
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) means the same
- 32.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose chases a duck; the duck crashes into a radio; the radio jumps over a tomato; the tomato pulls a parrot. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) rose (b) parrot (c) tomato (d) duck
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 35.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) honesty (c) elephant (d) rocket
- 37.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) skin (d) tongue
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a coconut by the dining table, a banana by the door, an umpire by the shoe rack, a violin by the TV, a lamp by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) umpire (b) violin (c) coconut (d) banana
- 40.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
Answer key
- one you know very well
- step 4
- grow under the ground
- keep linking in order
- the pen stirring tea
- a strong picture
- a school in a SHAWL
- duck
- fix stops in order
- link it to the meaning
- link it to the meaning
- make it big and funny
- touch
- carries water upward
- step 1
- a good mind map
- watch
- nose
- a strong picture
- sight
- step 3
- step 1
- key
- coconut
- topic in a corner
- new words in a language
- copying a whole page
- a funny, moving one
- make food using sunlight
- quick to see and recall
- sounds like the new word
- False
- duck
- fix stops in order
- True
- honesty
- step 3
- nose
- umpire
- a poor mind map
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