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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the classroom door, a duck by the blackboard, an ant by the playground, a mango by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ant (b) mango (c) glass (d) duck
- 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 3.🗺️ 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 food to parts (c) take in water from soil (d) carries water upward
- 4.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a pencil that dances (c) a plain grey box (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the gate, a tiger by the shoe rack, a lemon by the sofa, an apple by the TV, an ant by the door. What did you place by the gate? (a) ant (b) lemon (c) apple (d) candle
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sweet” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) nose (d) tongue
- 7.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 8.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
- 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) stem (d) leaves
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) billi (c) machhli (d) aai
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) stem (d) leaves
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) hear voices (b) see shapes (c) taste sweet (d) feel a light touch
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a plain grey box (c) a far-off still tree (d) a bright red flying cow
- 17.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 18.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant net bounces onto a candle; the candle falls into a banana; the banana jumps over a glass; the glass crashes into a whistle. Which item comes right before the whistle? (a) banana (b) candle (c) whistle (d) glass
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) bhaat (c) shala (d) phool
- 21.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) redraw it from memory (c) frame it (d) throw it away
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 23.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) drawing maps (d) long numbers
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 25.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a PIE under your foot
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 28.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting raw mango (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting bitter karela
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a blurry shape (d) a pencil that dances
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror jumps over a spoon; the spoon sings to a van; the van crashes into a bucket; the bucket bounces onto an ant. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) bucket (b) ant (c) van (d) mirror
- 31.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a plain grey box (c) the word in small print (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 32.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) attract bees (c) make seeds (d) holds up the leaves
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 35.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 37.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) sight (b) touch (c) sound (d) taste
- 39.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) stem (b) leaves (c) roots (d) flowers
Answer key
- duck
- step 4
- take in water from soil
- a plain grey box
- candle
- tongue
- choose a place you know
- False
- the method of loci
- find a sound-alike word
- roots
- aai
- step 2
- leaves
- hear voices
- a bright red flying cow
- a strong picture
- one you know very well
- glass
- aam
- redraw it from memory
- flowers
- new words in a language
- a strong picture
- a school in a SHAWL
- a strong picture
- link it to the meaning
- seeing a red kite fly
- a pencil that dances
- mirror
- a laughing tiffin box
- False
- holds up the leaves
- hear the new word
- step 3
- step 1
- a weak picture
- taste
- a poor mind map
- stem
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