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: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 3.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 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.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) hearing a whistle (c) hearing a dog bark (d) seeing a glowing star
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a glass by the swing, a key by the park gate, a guava by the slide, a spoon by the banyan tree, a tiger by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) spoon (b) glass (c) tiger (d) guava
- 7.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a CHUBBY key
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) taste (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 10.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) the word in small print (c) a blurry shape (d) a list of words only
- 11.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) a small detail (c) the main topic (d) the date
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) book (b) flower (c) cloud (d) tree
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a far-off still tree (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a mango that sings
- 14.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) rocket (d) honesty
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a bus made of ice (c) a plain grey box (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 16.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ball by the dining table, an onion by the bed, a candle by the kitchen, a jeep by the sofa, a jug by the TV. Where did you place the ball? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) TV (d) dining table
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a sock by the teacher’s desk, a van by the classroom door, an urn by the notice board, a fan by the stairs, a ball by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) sock (b) ball (c) van (d) urn
- 19.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) a colour for each branch (c) copying a whole page (d) all in one colour
- 20.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) harder to keep (c) easier to keep (d) too slow
- 21.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) replay the story
- 23.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) stroking soft fur (c) hearing a dog bark (d) smelling wet earth
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel a light touch (b) hear a bell (c) see colours (d) taste sour
- 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 27.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they are boring (b) words are useless (c) they need no attention (d) images stick better
- 28.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sight (d) sound
- 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 31.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) numbers
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling wet earth (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) tasting raw mango
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor pulls a rope; the rope tickles a candle; the candle sings to a spoon; the spoon bounces onto a cat. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) anchor (b) rope (c) spoon (d) cat
- 35.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sound (b) taste (c) sight (d) smell
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a nest by the playground, a drum by the library, a key by the classroom door, a needle by the teacher’s desk, a pillow by the blackboard. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) key (b) pillow (c) drum (d) needle
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute falls into an onion; the onion rolls into a goat; the goat jumps over a sock; the sock bounces onto a kite. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) flute (b) kite (c) onion (d) goat
- 38.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 39.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) carries food to parts (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
Answer key
- False
- a weak picture
- False
- link it to the meaning
- seeing a glowing star
- tiger
- a CHUBBY key
- taste
- step 3
- a pencil that dances
- the main topic
- tree
- a mango that sings
- honesty
- a bus made of ice
- each link leads on
- dining table
- ball
- a colour for each branch
- easier to keep
- False
- replay the story
- True
- stroking soft fur
- taste sour
- step 1
- images stick better
- False
- smell
- step 3
- funny actions
- find a sound-alike word
- tasting raw mango
- anchor
- sight
- pillow
- goat
- step 4
- the method of loci
- hold the plant firm
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