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.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 3.🔗 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
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) leaves (d) stem
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) all in one colour (d) small doodles
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a lemon by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the library, a goat by the playground, an apple by the classroom door, a candle by the blackboard. Where did you place the nest? (a) teacher’s desk (b) playground (c) classroom door (d) library
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 9.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) seeing a glowing star (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) stroking soft fur
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it is longer (b) it needs no review (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it hides the ideas
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) seeing a glowing star (c) tasting bitter karela (d) stroking soft fur
- 14.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) harder to keep (c) easier to keep (d) too slow
- 15.🗣️ 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
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) school (b) mother (c) moon (d) mango
- 17.🗣️ 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
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bus made of ice (d) a plain grey box
- 20.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) honesty (d) rocket
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) sleep (b) elephant (c) cat (d) cloud
- 22.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
- 23.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) neither (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 25.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) nothing at all (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 26.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) images stick better (c) they are boring (d) words are useless
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 29.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
- 30.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
- 31.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling jasmine (b) hearing a whistle (c) smelling wet earth (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) touch (b) sound (c) taste (d) sight
- 33.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase rolls into a mango; the mango jumps over a parrot; the parrot crashes into a guava; the guava pulls a ladder. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) ladder (b) vase (c) parrot (d) mango
- 39.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
Answer key
- one you know very well
- picture the first item
- link it to the next item
- stem
- small doodles
- library
- step 1
- step 1
- seeing a glowing star
- hear the new word
- it shows how ideas link
- choose a place you know
- stroking soft fur
- easier to keep
- find a sound-alike word
- moon
- hear the new word
- link it to the next item
- a plain grey box
- honesty
- sleep
- to keep the order
- False
- the pen stirring tea
- a bird leaving a cage
- images stick better
- step 2
- step 3
- new words in a language
- a funny, moving one
- seeing a red kite fly
- sound
- later today and tomorrow
- step 2
- a weak picture
- step 2
- a poor mind map
- ladder
- False
- step 4
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