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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a duck by the bench, an orange by the swing, a pillow by the slide, an igloo by the fruit cart, a candle by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) pillow (b) duck (c) igloo (d) candle
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) hear voices (b) feel rough or smooth (c) smell food (d) taste sour
- 3.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) make it small and plain (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) nose (d) eyes
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) touch (c) smell (d) taste
- 8.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 9.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) sight (b) sound (c) taste (d) touch
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) book (b) fish (c) school (d) key
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) hear music (b) read words (c) smell flowers (d) taste salty
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava chases a coconut; the coconut crashes into a spoon; the spoon bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sits on a tent. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) coconut (b) tent (c) guava (d) anchor
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) smell smoke (b) taste sweet (c) see shapes (d) hear voices
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sight (b) taste (c) smell (d) sound
- 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 16.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) long numbers (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 18.🗺️ 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) turn into fruit (c) grow under the ground (d) hold the plant firm
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) the word in small print (c) a blurry shape (d) a sock that smells awful
- 20.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in the centre (c) copying a whole page (d) long sentences
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 22.🗣️ 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
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 24.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) redraw it from memory (c) frame it (d) colour it again
- 25.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 26.🗣️ 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
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hearing a whistle (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 28.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bus made of ice (d) a far-off still tree
- 29.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a giant rainbow umbrella (b) a small grey dot (c) a plain box (d) the word “umbrella”
- 30.🗣️ 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
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a candle by the classroom door, a lamp by the stairs, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a tomato by the school gate, a drum by the notice board. What did you place by the school gate? (a) tent (b) drum (c) tomato (d) candle
- 32.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) too slow
- 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) is spelled the same
- 34.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a wallet by the shoe rack, an igloo by the gate, a pillow by the sofa, a tomato by the TV, a radio by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) igloo (b) radio (c) wallet (d) pillow
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 37.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) numbers (d) funny actions
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a banana by the sofa, a kettle by the shoe rack, a wallet by the TV, a spoon by the gate, a kite by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) banana (b) spoon (c) wallet (d) kettle
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet jumps over an ant; the ant tickles a rose; the rose sits on a sock; the sock chases a flute. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) ant (b) wallet (c) rose (d) sock
- 40.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- candle
- hear voices
- make it big and funny
- nose
- put pictures at stops
- choose a place you know
- sight
- hear the new word
- touch
- school
- taste salty
- guava
- see shapes
- sight
- step 3
- new words in a language
- fix stops in order
- turn into fruit
- a sock that smells awful
- topic in the centre
- choose a place you know
- find a sound-alike word
- step 4
- redraw it from memory
- a poor mind map
- link it to the meaning
- hearing a whistle
- a far-off still tree
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- find a sound-alike word
- tomato
- easier to keep
- sounds like the new word
- one you know very well
- wallet
- the word’s meaning
- funny actions
- kettle
- rose
- False
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