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 “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) attract bees (b) make food using sunlight (c) make seeds (d) turn into fruit
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
- 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting salty chips (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hearing a whistle (d) hands in icy water
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 7.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
- 8.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a plain grey box (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a giant pink elephant
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a drum by the notice board, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the stairs, a rope by the blackboard, a nest by the classroom door. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) nest (b) shoe (c) tent (d) rope
- 12.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 14.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) the pen stirring tea
- 15.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they are boring (b) words are useless (c) images stick better (d) they need no attention
- 16.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 18.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a coconut by the banyan tree, a jeep by the park gate, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a glass by the post box, a monkey by the bus stop. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) umbrella (b) monkey (c) glass (d) jeep
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase bounces onto a pillow; the pillow rolls into a van; the van tickles a coconut; the coconut sits on a rope. Which item comes right before the rope? (a) vase (b) pillow (c) coconut (d) rope
- 21.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 22.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) have tiny pores (c) grow under the ground (d) make seeds
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava chases a rope; the rope bounces onto a shoe; the shoe crashes into a van; the van sings to an umpire. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) umpire (b) rope (c) guava (d) van
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sight (b) taste (c) touch (d) smell
- 26.🔗 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
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 28.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a CHUBBY key
- 30.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sight (d) touch
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) ears
- 34.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a dog bark (c) hearing a drum boom (d) tasting salty chips
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll tickles a vase; the vase chases a needle; the needle rolls into a lamp; the lamp jumps over a mango. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) vase (b) lamp (c) needle (d) mango
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a van by the dining table, a flute by the door, a radio by the TV, a goat by the sofa, an ant by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ant? (a) sofa (b) door (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
- 38.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) ideas with no links (c) one key word per branch (d) lines that link ideas
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat sings to a jalebi; the jalebi rolls into a kettle; the kettle bounces onto a ladder; the ladder falls into a coconut. Which item comes right before the kettle? (a) goat (b) jalebi (c) coconut (d) kettle
Answer key
- make food using sunlight
- choose a place you know
- keep linking in order
- sounds like the new word
- hands in icy water
- step 4
- yes, with new pictures
- a plain grey box
- a strong picture
- a poor mind map
- rope
- a strong picture
- step 4
- the pen stirring tea
- images stick better
- False
- replay the story
- the method of loci
- monkey
- coconut
- a good mind map
- new words in a language
- make seeds
- rope
- sight
- link it to the next item
- step 2
- False
- water in a PAN
- a good mind map
- find a sound-alike word
- sight
- skin
- tasting salty chips
- needle
- keep linking in order
- shoe rack
- False
- ideas with no links
- jalebi
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