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.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) carries food to parts (c) green, flat and thin (d) make seeds
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 3.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) fish (b) cat (c) sleep (d) table
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 8.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting salty chips (c) smelling wet earth (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 11.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a sock that smells awful
- 13.🗣️ 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
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 15.True or false: “tiny, cramped writing” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 17.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) kitaab (c) chaand (d) phool
- 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sleep (b) sugar (c) book (d) rice
- 24.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) make it big and funny (c) keep it still (d) make it small and plain
- 25.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) seeing a glowing star (c) smelling jasmine (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion crashes into a jug; the jug sings to a watch; the watch bounces onto a guava; the guava falls into a sock. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) guava (b) onion (c) sock (d) watch
- 27.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 28.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a far-off still tree (d) a bus made of ice
- 29.🔗 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
- 30.🔗 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
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock jumps over a spoon; the spoon chases a duck; the duck crashes into a van; the van pulls a watch. Which item comes right after the sock? (a) spoon (b) duck (c) watch (d) sock
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 34.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a bird leaving a cage (b) a blank page (c) nothing at all (d) the letters only
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) hands in icy water (c) smelling jasmine (d) tasting raw mango
- 36.🔗 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
- 37.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) the word “umbrella”
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin sings to a cat; the cat crashes into a fan; the fan falls into a guava; the guava bounces onto a watch. Which item comes right after the violin? (a) violin (b) watch (c) fan (d) cat
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 40.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) one key word per branch (d) topic in a corner
Answer key
- green, flat and thin
- a weak picture
- the pen stirring tea
- step 2
- sleep
- find a sound-alike word
- step 1
- tasting salty chips
- step 3
- step 4
- True
- a normal-sized cup
- find a sound-alike word
- choose a place you know
- False
- step 4
- keep linking in order
- keep linking in order
- step 3
- a strong picture
- False
- chaand
- sugar
- make it big and funny
- hearing a dog bark
- sock
- funny actions
- a bus made of ice
- link it to the next item
- picture the first item
- spoon
- link it to the meaning
- roots
- a bird leaving a cage
- smelling jasmine
- link it to the next item
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- cat
- the word’s meaning
- one key word per branch
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