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 memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) tasting bitter karela (c) tasting raw mango (d) stroking soft fur
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a far-off still tree (d) a sock that smells awful
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in a corner (c) ideas with no links (d) lines that link ideas
- 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jeep by the slide, an umbrella by the park gate, a pillow by the bench, a cat by the swing, a kettle by the fruit cart. What did you place by the slide? (a) jeep (b) kettle (c) umbrella (d) pillow
- 8.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) harder to keep
- 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) see colours (b) feel rough or smooth (c) smell food (d) hear music
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 15.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) numbers
- 16.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 17.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep tickles a spoon; the spoon sits on a nest; the nest sings to an igloo; the igloo falls into a watch. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) jeep (b) spoon (c) nest (d) igloo
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) details on small twigs (d) long sentences
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) take in water from soil (c) make seeds (d) turn into fruit
- 24.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) one key word per branch (c) ideas with no links (d) small doodles
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) stroking soft fur (b) hearing a drum boom (c) smelling wet earth (d) hearing a whistle
- 30.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) stem
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) feel hot and cold (b) smell food (c) see shapes (d) hear a bell
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion sits on a vase; the vase sings to a guava; the guava falls into a frog; the frog crashes into an urn. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) urn (b) onion (c) guava (d) vase
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant van tickles an onion; the onion chases a rope; the rope sits on a watch; the watch falls into a coconut. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) rope (b) watch (c) van (d) onion
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) grow under the ground (c) holds up the leaves (d) hold the plant firm
- 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava crashes into a vase; the vase pulls a tent; the tent sings to a goat; the goat falls into a watch. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) watch (b) tent (c) guava (d) goat
- 40.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
Answer key
- seeing a glowing star
- touch
- a far-off still tree
- fix stops in order
- lines that link ideas
- a weak picture
- jeep
- True
- True
- easier to keep
- find a sound-alike word
- hear music
- step 4
- sight
- funny actions
- replay the story
- False
- igloo
- long sentences
- a weak picture
- hear the new word
- hear the new word
- take in water from soil
- a funny, moving one
- step 1
- sounds like the new word
- ideas with no links
- link it to the next item
- stroking soft fur
- step 3
- keep linking in order
- stem
- feel hot and cold
- keep linking in order
- guava
- rope
- holds up the leaves
- a PIE under your foot
- tent
- step 1
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