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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) taste (b) sight (c) sound (d) touch
- 3.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the main topic (b) the date (c) your name (d) a small detail
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll crashes into a guava; the guava chases a tomato; the tomato sits on an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a jalebi. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) tomato (b) igloo (c) jalebi (d) guava
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 6.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 8.🗣️ 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
- 9.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 12.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) grow under the ground (d) make seeds
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries water upward (c) carries food to parts (d) grow under the ground
- 18.🎨 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
- 19.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
- 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) moon (b) sugar (c) foot (d) nose
- 23.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) long sentences (c) small doodles (d) topic in a corner
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 25.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) guess (d) replay the story
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) a colour for each branch (d) ideas with no links
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant rolls into a banana; the banana chases a mango; the mango sits on a vase; the vase falls into an owl. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) vase (b) owl (c) banana (d) mango
- 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 31.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) honesty (d) rocket
- 32.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel hot and cold” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗣️ 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
- 34.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) all in one colour (c) small doodles (d) details on small twigs
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) ideas with no links (c) lines that link ideas (d) copying a whole page
- 38.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 39.🗣️ 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
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto a rose; the rose crashes into a nest; the nest rolls into a guava; the guava pulls a net. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) guava (b) rose (c) net (d) kettle
Answer key
- a weak picture
- touch
- the main topic
- tomato
- step 3
- True
- hear the new word
- link it to the meaning
- funny actions
- step 1
- the word’s meaning
- a strong picture
- link it to the next item
- step 4
- picture the first item
- grow under the ground
- grow under the ground
- make it big and funny
- one you know very well
- step 3
- step 1
- sugar
- small doodles
- link it to the next item
- replay the story
- ideas with no links
- find a sound-alike word
- a good mind map
- mango
- link it to the next item
- honesty
- True
- hear the new word
- step 1
- all in one colour
- put pictures at stops
- lines that link ideas
- keep linking in order
- link it to the meaning
- rose
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