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 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
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sight (d) sound
- 4.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) hear music (b) taste sour (c) taste salty (d) see shapes
- 7.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a far-off still tree
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a rose by the TV, a mango by the bed, a kite by the sofa, a coconut by the dining table, an ant by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) coconut (b) ant (c) rose (d) kite
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) roots (d) stem
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) carries food to parts (c) hold the plant firm (d) green, flat and thin
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) roots (d) stem
- 13.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) rocket (c) elephant (d) honesty
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a dog bark (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting raw mango
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 17.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl tickles an ice cream; the ice cream sits on a jalebi; the jalebi sings to a pencil; the pencil falls into a rose. Which item comes right after the jalebi? (a) jalebi (b) ice cream (c) pencil (d) owl
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a flute by the shoe rack, an urn by the door, a fan by the gate, a shoe by the TV, a banana by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) fan (b) flute (c) shoe (d) urn
- 20.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) topic in a corner (c) lines that link ideas (d) copying a whole page
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 23.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 25.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) harder to keep (c) useless (d) easier to keep
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent jumps over a van; the van sings to an anchor; the anchor falls into a flute; the flute pulls a radio. Which item comes right before the van? (a) van (b) tent (c) radio (d) anchor
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 30.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a pencil that dances (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a list of words only
- 31.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it saves ink (b) quick to see and recall (c) it looks empty (d) no reason
- 32.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a list of words only (c) a dull white wall (d) a pencil that dances
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an igloo by the dining table, an ant by the door, a van by the TV, a shoe by the sofa, a lemon by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) igloo (b) ant (c) lemon (d) shoe
- 34.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) the word in small print (c) a far-off still tree (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 36.🔗 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
- 37.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 39.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) paay (c) kitaab (d) chaand
Answer key
- put pictures at stops
- a weak picture
- smell
- picture the first item
- roots
- see shapes
- a far-off still tree
- rose
- roots
- choose a place you know
- green, flat and thin
- stem
- honesty
- step 1
- feeling a prickly cactus
- step 4
- step 3
- pencil
- shoe
- lines that link ideas
- a weak picture
- fix stops in order
- False
- step 2
- easier to keep
- tent
- find a sound-alike word
- a strong picture
- step 1
- a list of words only
- quick to see and recall
- a pencil that dances
- shoe
- one you know very well
- a frog wearing a crown
- picture the first item
- a bird leaving a cage
- a flower in a POOL
- a weak picture
- aam
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