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 story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 2.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) harder to keep (c) easier to keep (d) useless
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an apple by the teacher’s desk, a net by the notice board, a whistle by the classroom door, a watch by the stairs, a drum by the blackboard. Where did you place the watch? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a fan by the notice board, a watch by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the stairs, a vase by the school gate, a guava by the classroom door. Where did you place the urn? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) notice board
- 5.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 6.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) honesty (c) elephant (d) banana
- 7.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) table (b) sugar (c) school (d) elephant
- 10.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) the word in small print (c) a pencil that dances (d) a list of words only
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a plain grey box (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 12.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) quick to see and recall (c) it saves ink (d) it looks empty
- 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl bounces onto a bucket; the bucket pulls a tent; the tent falls into a wallet; the wallet tickles a spoon. Which item comes right after the bucket? (a) spoon (b) owl (c) tent (d) wallet
- 15.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) the word in small print (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a mango that sings
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato bounces onto a kite; the kite sings to a needle; the needle chases a ball; the ball crashes into a shoe. Which item comes right after the needle? (a) ball (b) tomato (c) needle (d) kite
- 17.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) the letters only (b) a blank page (c) nothing at all (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) billi (c) bandar (d) dola
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 20.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) copying a whole page (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in the centre
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a list of words only (d) the word in small print
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a goat by the library, an umpire by the teacher’s desk, an ice cream by the classroom door, a whistle by the blackboard, an anchor by the stairs. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) library (d) stairs
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) carries food to parts (c) hold the plant firm (d) make seeds
- 28.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) copying a whole page (c) one key word per branch (d) all in one colour
- 30.🏰 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
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a bus made of ice (c) a pencil that dances (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum bounces onto a vase; the vase crashes into a net; the net sings to a doll; the doll falls into a jug. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) jug (b) net (c) vase (d) doll
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🗣️ 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
- 36.🗣️ 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
- 37.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a spoon by the school gate, a jug by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the stairs, a frog by the notice board, a ball by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umbrella (b) frog (c) ball (d) spoon
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
Answer key
- keep linking in order
- easier to keep
- stairs
- stairs
- to keep the order
- honesty
- True
- new words in a language
- sugar
- a pencil that dances
- a bright red flying cow
- quick to see and recall
- step 2
- tent
- a mango that sings
- ball
- a bird leaving a cage
- billi
- put pictures at stops
- each link leads on
- topic in the centre
- a giant pink elephant
- step 1
- classroom door
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- make seeds
- False
- one key word per branch
- fix stops in order
- a pale, tiny dot
- put pictures at stops
- jug
- choose a place you know
- sounds like the new word
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- False
- ball
- step 2
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