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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) taste (b) touch (c) sight (d) smell
- 4.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream sings to a key; the key pulls a parrot; the parrot falls into an orange; the orange bounces onto a doll. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) key (c) orange (d) doll
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a pillow; the pillow pulls a violin; the violin jumps over a whistle; the whistle sits on a flute. Which item comes right before the whistle? (a) rose (b) whistle (c) pillow (d) violin
- 8.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 9.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it big and funny (c) keep it still (d) make it grey
- 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) make seeds (c) take in water from soil (d) attract bees
- 12.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) sight (c) taste (d) smell
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 14.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a list of words only (c) a far-off still tree (d) a kite as big as a house
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a whistle (d) seeing a glowing star
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) mez (c) haathi (d) kitaab
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 19.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 20.🗣️ 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
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) ideas with no links (c) small doodles (d) topic in the centre
- 23.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) a random colour
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kettle by the door, an umpire by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV, an ant by the sofa, a glass by the gate. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) kettle (b) umpire (c) glass (d) doll
- 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a lamp by the kitchen, an apple by the sofa, a candle by the bed, a tomato by the TV, a mango by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) mango (b) tomato (c) lamp (d) apple
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) stem
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) eye (b) monkey (c) book (d) moon
- 31.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 32.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting salty chips (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hearing a drum boom (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an ant by the fruit cart, a tomato by the banyan tree, an orange by the park gate, a jeep by the post box, a violin by the bus stop. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) tomato (b) violin (c) ant (d) jeep
- 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 37.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) it comes back alone
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a radio by the sofa, a flute by the shoe rack, a net by the door, a goat by the TV, an owl by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) flute (b) net (c) radio (d) owl
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio sings to a pillow; the pillow sits on a lamp; the lamp jumps over a goat; the goat bounces onto a needle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) radio (b) goat (c) pillow (d) lamp
- 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a CHUBBY key
Answer key
- choose a place you know
- link it to the meaning
- taste
- a poor mind map
- doll
- step 3
- violin
- find a sound-alike word
- make it big and funny
- an elephant with HOT tea
- take in water from soil
- sight
- picture the first item
- a kite as big as a house
- hearing a whistle
- kitaab
- step 4
- step 2
- add more stops
- find a sound-alike word
- step 2
- ideas with no links
- False
- the word’s meaning
- umpire
- picture the first item
- tomato
- leaves
- stem
- monkey
- step 1
- feeling a prickly cactus
- step 4
- tomato
- step 2
- keep linking in order
- that item is lost
- radio
- pillow
- a monkey in a BAND
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