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 the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 2.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear a bell” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 7.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen stirring tea (c) neither (d) the pen near a cup
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) aai (c) naak (d) machhli
- 9.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting bitter karela (c) seeing a glowing star (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 10.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle tickles an ice cream; the ice cream pulls a van; the van chases a bucket; the bucket sings to a mirror. Which item comes right after the ice cream? (a) bucket (b) mirror (c) van (d) needle
- 12.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) stroking soft fur (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) hearing a dog bark (d) seeing a glowing star
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) copying a whole page (d) ideas with no links
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a coconut by the park gate, a van by the swing, a radio by the slide, a pillow by the bench, a sock by the fruit cart. Where did you place the radio? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) bench (d) slide
- 17.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling jasmine (c) hearing a drum boom (d) tasting raw mango
- 18.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a bus made of ice (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a blurry shape
- 20.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) frame it (c) throw it away (d) redraw it from memory
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sour” go on? (a) eyes (b) skin (c) ears (d) tongue
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion falls into a flute; the flute pulls a banana; the banana chases a frog; the frog bounces onto a bucket. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) flute (b) banana (c) bucket (d) frog
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
- 27.🔗 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
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) nose (b) elephant (c) sleep (d) key
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) hearing a whistle (c) tasting bitter karela (d) stroking soft fur
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) hold the plant firm (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
- 31.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) copying a whole page
- 32.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) colours only (d) numbers
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) have tiny pores (c) holds up the leaves (d) make food using sunlight
- 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lemon by the sofa, a pillow by the shoe rack, a lamp by the TV, a duck by the kitchen, a tent by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) lemon (c) tent (d) pillow
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries water upward (d) make seeds
- 37.🔗 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
- 38.🗣️ 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
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 40.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
Answer key
- sounds like the new word
- a good mind map
- picture the first item
- link it to the meaning
- True
- choose a place you know
- the pen stirring tea
- phool
- tasting bitter karela
- the method of loci
- van
- smelling a stinky sock
- step 1
- put pictures at stops
- details on small twigs
- slide
- hearing a drum boom
- False
- a blurry shape
- redraw it from memory
- tongue
- a pale, tiny dot
- fix stops in order
- new words in a language
- flute
- the word’s meaning
- picture the first item
- nose
- stroking soft fur
- make seeds
- copying a whole page
- funny actions
- holds up the leaves
- step 2
- pillow
- green, flat and thin
- step 2
- hear the new word
- step 4
- a funny, moving one
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