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.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) one key word per branch (c) details on small twigs (d) lines that link ideas
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a banana by the slide, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a glass by the fruit cart, a doll by the park gate, an orange by the swing. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) doll (b) orange (c) umbrella (d) glass
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan rolls into a tent; the tent sings to an umpire; the umpire crashes into a ladder; the ladder falls into a needle. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ladder (b) needle (c) umpire (d) tent
- 5.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 7.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sight (b) smell (c) taste (d) sound
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) foot (b) tree (c) cat (d) book
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 10.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling jasmine (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a drum boom (d) hearing a dog bark
- 11.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a pencil that dances (d) a bus made of ice
- 12.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) the word in small print (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a plain grey box
- 14.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) use no route
- 15.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an igloo by the bed, a ladder by the kitchen, a rope by the dining table, an umpire by the TV, a needle by the sofa. Where did you place the rope? (a) dining table (b) bed (c) kitchen (d) TV
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) green, flat and thin (c) holds up the leaves (d) carries water upward
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 19.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a guava by the TV, a pillow by the dining table, a tent by the sofa, a doll by the door, an ice cream by the shoe rack. Where did you place the pillow? (a) door (b) TV (c) sofa (d) dining table
- 21.🗣️ 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
- 22.🔗 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
- 23.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) all in one colour (c) copying a whole page (d) one key word per branch
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 25.🗣️ 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
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) flowers (d) roots
- 31.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is spelled the same
- 33.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 35.🗣️ 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
- 36.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a pencil that dances
- 38.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) rocket (c) honesty (d) banana
- 39.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) a colour for each branch (c) lines that link ideas (d) copying a whole page
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) roots (d) stem
Answer key
- tiny, cramped writing
- a strong picture
- glass
- needle
- a SACK full of sugar
- find a sound-alike word
- sight
- tree
- hear the new word
- seeing a glowing star
- a blurry shape
- a funny, moving one
- a frog wearing a crown
- add more stops
- False
- dining table
- green, flat and thin
- step 1
- new words in a language
- dining table
- link it to the meaning
- picture the first item
- one key word per branch
- a weak picture
- link it to the meaning
- a weak picture
- choose a place you know
- True
- keep linking in order
- roots
- True
- sounds like the new word
- picture the first item
- link it to the next item
- find a sound-alike word
- a good mind map
- a pale, tiny dot
- honesty
- copying a whole page
- stem
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