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: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 2.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) elephant (c) banana (d) honesty
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sight (b) touch (c) sound (d) smell
- 4.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jeep by the park gate, a bucket by the fruit cart, a wallet by the banyan tree, a kettle by the post box, a duck by the bus stop. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) bucket (b) wallet (c) duck (d) kettle
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 9.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) each link leads on (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) carries food to parts (c) holds up the leaves (d) hold the plant firm
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) mez (c) paani (d) aam
- 12.🗣️ 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
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo bounces onto an umbrella; the umbrella sings to a candle; the candle tickles a duck; the duck pulls a fan. Which item comes right before the umbrella? (a) duck (b) igloo (c) fan (d) umbrella
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 15.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the date (b) a small detail (c) the main topic (d) your name
- 16.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) numbers
- 17.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it hides the ideas (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it is longer
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) have tiny pores (c) green, flat and thin (d) make food using sunlight
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a violin by the banyan tree, an igloo by the bus stop, an anchor by the park gate, a lamp by the fruit cart, a net by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) violin (b) net (c) lamp (d) anchor
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hands in icy water (b) watching fireworks (c) hearing a dog bark (d) hearing a drum boom
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a tomato by the sofa, a rose by the door, a ladder by the gate, an umbrella by the TV, a fan by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) tomato (b) rose (c) fan (d) ladder
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) bandar (c) phool (d) paay
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) the word in small print (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a bus made of ice
- 26.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umbrella by the TV, an ant by the dining table, a spoon by the sofa, a ball by the shoe rack, a wallet by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) spoon (b) ant (c) ball (d) umbrella
- 28.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) tasting raw mango (b) seeing a glowing star (c) smelling wet earth (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 29.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a normal-sized cup
- 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a key by the dining table, a cat by the kitchen, a guava by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the TV, a radio by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) key (b) guava (c) radio (d) jalebi
- 32.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) copying a whole page (c) topic in a corner (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 33.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 38.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a far-off still tree (c) the word in small print (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 39.🏰 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
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder tickles an apple; the apple sings to a key; the key crashes into an orange; the orange sits on a pencil. Which item comes right after the orange? (a) key (b) ladder (c) pencil (d) orange
Answer key
- choose a place you know
- honesty
- sight
- new words in a language
- choose a place you know
- step 1
- wallet
- step 1
- each link leads on
- hold the plant firm
- aam
- hear the new word
- igloo
- keep linking in order
- the main topic
- funny actions
- it shows how ideas link
- picture the first item
- fix stops in order
- carries water upward
- net
- watching fireworks
- fan
- paay
- a bus made of ice
- True
- ball
- tasting raw mango
- a giant pink elephant
- picture the first item
- key
- one key word per branch
- a weak picture
- the word’s meaning
- a weak picture
- False
- step 4
- a laughing tiffin box
- put pictures at stops
- pencil
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