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.True or false: “topic in a corner” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 3.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio bounces onto a shoe; the shoe pulls a wallet; the wallet falls into a coconut; the coconut crashes into a fan. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) coconut (b) wallet (c) shoe (d) radio
- 6.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) machhli (c) kitaab (d) paani
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jug by the TV, an onion by the gate, a kettle by the door, a pencil by the shoe rack, a kite by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) kettle (b) jug (c) kite (d) onion
- 9.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only once a year (d) only for numbers
- 10.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a spoon by the bench, a tent by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the swing, a shoe by the park gate, a van by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) shoe (b) van (c) tent (d) spoon
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries water upward (c) holds up the leaves (d) carries food to parts
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel hot and cold (b) smell flowers (c) taste salty (d) see shapes
- 18.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) each link leads on (c) it uses numbers (d) stories are short
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 22.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) small doodles (d) one key word per branch
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 27.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn rolls into an igloo; the igloo sings to an apple; the apple falls into an ant; the ant crashes into a kettle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ant (b) igloo (c) urn (d) kettle
- 29.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) cat (b) water (c) nose (d) flower
- 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 34.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) hold the plant firm (c) make seeds (d) take in water from soil
- 36.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting raw mango (b) hearing a whistle (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) hands in icy water
Answer key
- False
- new words in a language
- False
- step 4
- shoe
- a CHUBBY key
- machhli
- kettle
- yes, with new pictures
- to keep the order
- fix stops in order
- True
- False
- choose a place you know
- tent
- green, flat and thin
- taste salty
- each link leads on
- put pictures at stops
- picture the first item
- a strong picture
- a strong picture
- fix stops in order
- tiny, cramped writing
- hear the new word
- step 1
- True
- igloo
- False
- water
- a strong picture
- a strong picture
- the word’s meaning
- True
- make seeds
- False
- keep linking in order
- step 4
- roots
- seeing a red kite fly
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