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.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) water in a PAN
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the dining table, a goat by the kitchen, a frog by the sofa, an umbrella by the shoe rack, an ant by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) umbrella (b) frog (c) shoe (d) ant
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries water upward (c) take in water from soil (d) carries food to parts
- 6.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a guava by the fruit cart, a ball by the bench, a monkey by the park gate, a tent by the swing, a wallet by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) wallet (b) tent (c) guava (d) monkey
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “read words” go on? (a) tongue (b) ears (c) skin (d) eyes
- 12.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) a bird leaving a cage (d) the letters only
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto a flute; the flute jumps over a spoon; the spoon rolls into an anchor; the anchor tickles a needle. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) spoon (b) needle (c) anchor (d) flute
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a blurry shape (c) a bus made of ice (d) a pencil that dances
- 16.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) sound (b) smell (c) taste (d) sight
- 17.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a MAZE on a table (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 18.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
- 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 20.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear voices” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) taste (b) sound (c) sight (d) touch
- 23.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a plain grey box (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a sock that smells awful
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto an anchor; the anchor pulls a rope; the rope crashes into a violin; the violin falls into a duck. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) violin (b) anchor (c) duck (d) rope
- 25.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) frame it (c) redraw it from memory (d) colour it again
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting bitter karela
- 28.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 29.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 30.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a far-off still tree (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a plain grey box
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a list of words only (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket rolls into a ball; the ball sings to a sock; the sock pulls a pillow; the pillow bounces onto a jalebi. Which item comes right before the pillow? (a) ball (b) jalebi (c) bucket (d) sock
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tomato by the swing, a shoe by the fruit cart, a kite by the post box, a wallet by the park gate, a van by the banyan tree. Where did you place the kite? (a) banyan tree (b) swing (c) post box (d) park gate
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tomato by the TV, a cat by the door, a lemon by the sofa, a ladder by the dining table, a doll by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) lemon (b) tomato (c) doll (d) ladder
- 37.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) hear music (b) feel rough or smooth (c) smell smoke (d) taste sweet
- 40.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
Answer key
- a PIE under your foot
- step 1
- a weak picture
- ant
- take in water from soil
- replay the story
- step 2
- step 1
- a weak picture
- tent
- eyes
- a bird leaving a cage
- step 1
- spoon
- a blurry shape
- smell
- an elephant with HOT tea
- each link leads on
- a weak picture
- False
- choose a place you know
- sound
- a sock that smells awful
- duck
- redraw it from memory
- step 3
- tasting bitter karela
- to keep the order
- link it to the next item
- a kite as big as a house
- a list of words only
- sock
- post box
- fix stops in order
- a strong picture
- lemon
- step 2
- roots
- taste sweet
- picture the first item
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