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 step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) hear music (c) taste salty (d) feel hot and cold
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) you get an extra item (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a dull white wall (c) a pencil that dances (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 7.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) make it small and plain (c) make it grey (d) keep it still
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🗣️ 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
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) hold the plant firm (c) take in water from soil (d) turn into fruit
- 11.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
- 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 13.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) too slow
- 14.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is spelled the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) sounds like the new word
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries food to parts (d) make food using sunlight
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) tongue (d) skin
- 20.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear a bell” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) add more stops (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
- 22.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) colours only (d) numbers
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a vase by the door, an orange by the gate, an anchor by the shoe rack, a bucket by the TV, a duck by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) anchor (b) vase (c) duck (d) bucket
- 24.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 25.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a BAT made of rice (d) I AM eating a mango
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 28.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 29.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a bus made of ice (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a giant pink elephant
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) grow under the ground (c) take in water from soil (d) green, flat and thin
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in a corner (c) small doodles (d) all in one colour
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll jumps over a tomato; the tomato sits on a tiger; the tiger tickles a drum; the drum falls into an onion. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) onion (b) doll (c) tiger (d) tomato
- 36.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sound (b) smell (c) sight (d) taste
- 37.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) sound
- 38.🔗 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
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 40.🔗 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
Answer key
- step 4
- taste salty
- choose a place you know
- that item is lost
- one you know very well
- a pencil that dances
- make it big and funny
- fix stops in order
- link it to the meaning
- carries water upward
- later today and tomorrow
- fix stops in order
- easier to keep
- True
- sounds like the new word
- step 3
- carries food to parts
- a weak picture
- skin
- True
- add more stops
- funny actions
- bucket
- fix stops in order
- step 1
- a BAT made of rice
- step 4
- a SACK full of sugar
- True
- False
- False
- a pale, tiny dot
- green, flat and thin
- small doodles
- tomato
- sight
- sound
- link it to the next item
- step 2
- link it to the next item
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