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 school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an apple by the stairs, a fan by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the school gate, a tomato by the notice board, a tent by the classroom door. What did you place by the stairs? (a) tent (b) tomato (c) fan (d) apple
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) holds up the leaves (c) make food using sunlight (d) take in water from soil
- 3.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 4.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) both the same
- 5.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
- 6.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
- 7.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 8.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow rolls into an urn; the urn crashes into a glass; the glass bounces onto a ladder; the ladder jumps over a key. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) glass (b) key (c) pillow (d) ladder
- 10.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bus made of ice (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 11.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: lines that link ideas? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🗣️ 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
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a drum by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the school gate, a candle by the classroom door, a van by the notice board, a mango by the stairs. Where did you place the van? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) stairs
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umpire by the notice board, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the stairs, a lamp by the classroom door, a goat by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) banana (b) umpire (c) lamp (d) goat
- 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 18.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) smell (c) taste (d) touch
- 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting raw mango (b) hearing a drum boom (c) seeing a glowing star (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) make seeds (c) turn into fruit (d) take in water from soil
- 21.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting raw mango (b) watching fireworks (c) hands in icy water (d) smelling jasmine
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) make food using sunlight (c) take in water from soil (d) turn into fruit
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella sings to a watch; the watch rolls into a cat; the cat crashes into a mango; the mango bounces onto a tomato. Which item comes right after the cat? (a) cat (b) tomato (c) watch (d) mango
- 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) make food using sunlight (c) hold the plant firm (d) make seeds
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) smell (b) sound (c) taste (d) touch
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) take in water from soil (c) green, flat and thin (d) hold the plant firm
- 30.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) redraw it from memory (b) colour it again (c) frame it (d) throw it away
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) turn into fruit (b) hold the plant firm (c) carries water upward (d) have tiny pores
- 32.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) hearing a dog bark (d) seeing a glowing star
- 34.🔗 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
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 36.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) smell (c) taste (d) touch
- 37.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sight (d) sound
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) stroking soft fur (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hands in icy water (d) smelling jasmine
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
Answer key
- apple
- take in water from soil
- each link leads on
- the pen stirring tea
- one you know very well
- yes, with new pictures
- I AM eating a mango
- choose a place you know
- ladder
- a pale, tiny dot
- a good mind map
- put pictures at stops
- link it to the meaning
- notice board
- goat
- hear the new word
- step 1
- smell
- smelling a stinky sock
- take in water from soil
- True
- hands in icy water
- holds up the leaves
- step 1
- mango
- put pictures at stops
- make food using sunlight
- taste
- green, flat and thin
- redraw it from memory
- carries water upward
- False
- feeling a prickly cactus
- picture the first item
- keep linking in order
- sight
- sight
- smelling jasmine
- keep linking in order
- step 3
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