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 step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) small doodles (c) all in one colour (d) ideas with no links
- 5.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) carries water upward (c) attract bees (d) grow under the ground
- 7.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) colour it again (c) throw it away (d) redraw it from memory
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) carries food to parts (c) attract bees (d) turn into fruit
- 9.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen stirring tea
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck falls into an igloo; the igloo tickles an urn; the urn chases an ant; the ant pulls a parrot. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) duck (b) igloo (c) urn (d) parrot
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a plain grey box (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 14.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey pulls a jalebi; the jalebi crashes into an igloo; the igloo falls into an ice cream; the ice cream bounces onto a whistle. Which item comes right before the ice cream? (a) ice cream (b) igloo (c) jalebi (d) monkey
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an onion by the dining table, a flute by the sofa, a mango by the bed, a duck by the kitchen, a lamp by the TV. Where did you place the flute? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) TV (d) dining table
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make seeds” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) flowers (d) roots
- 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) sight (b) taste (c) smell (d) touch
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) tree (b) cat (c) sugar (d) elephant
- 21.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a plain grey box
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) attract bees (c) carries food to parts (d) have tiny pores
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) details on small twigs (d) copying a whole page
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a far-off still tree (c) a normal-sized cup (d) the word in small print
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) make seeds (c) hold the plant firm (d) grow under the ground
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum sits on a sock; the sock chases a vase; the vase pulls an inkpot; the inkpot sings to a cat. Which item comes right before the cat? (a) vase (b) sock (c) inkpot (d) drum
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep sings to a wallet; the wallet falls into an ant; the ant tickles a glass; the glass jumps over a whistle. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ant (b) glass (c) whistle (d) jeep
- 33.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) sight (b) smell (c) touch (d) taste
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) aam (c) chaabi (d) dola
- 35.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) smell (b) touch (c) sound (d) sight
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 38.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) only in the exam (c) never again (d) after a year
- 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
- 40.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- step 1
- step 1
- True
- small doodles
- a poor mind map
- carries water upward
- redraw it from memory
- carries food to parts
- the pen stirring tea
- a strong picture
- put pictures at stops
- duck
- a bus made of ice
- new words in a language
- igloo
- sofa
- flowers
- to keep the order
- taste
- sugar
- True
- a bright red flying cow
- take in water from soil
- the word’s meaning
- copying a whole page
- step 2
- a frog wearing a crown
- make seeds
- inkpot
- flowers
- a strong picture
- whistle
- smell
- dola
- False
- sight
- a good mind map
- later today and tomorrow
- sounds like the new word
- False
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