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.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) smell smoke (c) taste sour (d) read words
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a candle by the stairs, a needle by the classroom door, a banana by the blackboard, a bucket by the notice board, a goat by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) candle (b) goat (c) banana (d) needle
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll pulls a drum; the drum bounces onto a key; the key rolls into a jalebi; the jalebi sings to a parrot. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) drum (b) key (c) doll (d) jalebi
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) nose (b) eyes (c) skin (d) tongue
- 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) touch (b) sight (c) taste (d) smell
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 7.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 9.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) smelling jasmine (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) hearing a drum boom (d) watching fireworks
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an orange by the fruit cart, a ladder by the swing, a mirror by the post box, an umbrella by the park gate, a drum by the banyan tree. What did you place by the post box? (a) umbrella (b) drum (c) mirror (d) ladder
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the TV, a pencil by the dining table, a monkey by the shoe rack, a rope by the sofa, a banana by the kitchen. Where did you place the banana? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) TV (d) dining table
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tent by the blackboard, a frog by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the stairs, a flute by the classroom door, a fan by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) flute (b) frog (c) apple (d) fan
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut falls into a monkey; the monkey rolls into an ice cream; the ice cream pulls an urn; the urn sits on an inkpot. Which item comes right after the monkey? (a) coconut (b) monkey (c) urn (d) ice cream
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio pulls a pencil; the pencil chases an ice cream; the ice cream tickles a rose; the rose sings to an apple. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) rose (b) apple (c) radio (d) ice cream
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) skin (b) eyes (c) ears (d) nose
- 16.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) watching fireworks (d) tasting bitter karela
- 17.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) touch (b) sight (c) taste (d) smell
- 18.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗣️ 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
- 20.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
- 21.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) a colour for each branch (d) all in one colour
- 22.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a kite as big as a house (c) the word in small print (d) a bus made of ice
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey jumps over a watch; the watch chases a guava; the guava crashes into a pillow; the pillow falls into a kettle. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) monkey (b) guava (c) kettle (d) pillow
- 26.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a doll by the dining table, a pillow by the kitchen, a cat by the TV, a frog by the sofa, a shoe by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) doll (b) frog (c) cat (d) shoe
- 28.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a dull white wall (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting bitter karela (c) hands in icy water (d) smelling jasmine
- 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 31.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) phool (c) bandar (d) bhaat
- 34.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) honesty (b) rocket (c) elephant (d) banana
- 35.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a plain grey box (c) a list of words only (d) the word in small print
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat crashes into an onion; the onion sits on a sock; the sock chases a wallet; the wallet jumps over a lemon. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) wallet (b) onion (c) goat (d) lemon
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) machhli (c) chaabi (d) billi
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) haathi (c) sakhar (d) naak
- 39.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) keep it still (c) make it big and funny (d) make it small and plain
- 40.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
Answer key
- taste sour
- candle
- doll
- skin
- smell
- step 3
- a poor mind map
- step 4
- hearing a drum boom
- mirror
- kitchen
- frog
- ice cream
- radio
- skin
- tasting bitter karela
- taste
- False
- link it to the meaning
- yes, with new pictures
- all in one colour
- the pen stirring tea
- step 4
- the word in small print
- pillow
- False
- shoe
- a laughing tiffin box
- hands in icy water
- keep linking in order
- the method of loci
- hear the new word
- phool
- honesty
- a kite as big as a house
- onion
- billi
- sakhar
- make it big and funny
- choose a place you know
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