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 “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) eyes (d) nose
- 2.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a whistle (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting raw mango
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a pencil that dances (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a far-off still tree
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a plain grey box (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a kite as big as a house
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) ears (d) skin
- 7.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) hearing a whistle (c) smelling wet earth (d) tasting raw mango
- 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball bounces onto a rose; the rose tickles a lemon; the lemon chases a glass; the glass falls into a candle. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) candle (b) rose (c) glass (d) lemon
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) stem (d) flowers
- 11.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn sits on an umpire; the umpire tickles a lemon; the lemon crashes into a monkey; the monkey pulls an anchor. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) monkey (b) anchor (c) lemon (d) umpire
- 13.🗣️ 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
- 14.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) hear voices (b) feel a light touch (c) smell flowers (d) smell food
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato bounces onto a sock; the sock chases a jeep; the jeep jumps over an owl; the owl tickles a tiger. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) owl (b) sock (c) tomato (d) tiger
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) eye (b) foot (c) monkey (d) sleep
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a sock by the shoe rack, a banana by the sofa, a tiger by the gate, a bucket by the door, a ladder by the TV. Where did you place the ladder? (a) gate (b) TV (c) door (d) shoe rack
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) smell food (b) hear music (c) feel rough or smooth (d) taste sour
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) feel hot and cold (b) see colours (c) see shapes (d) smell food
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a doll by the sofa, a drum by the TV, an ice cream by the shoe rack, a watch by the gate, a fan by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) drum (b) doll (c) ice cream (d) watch
- 23.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) long sentences (c) small doodles (d) all in one colour
- 24.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a list of words only (c) a pencil that dances (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 25.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 26.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) each link leads on (d) it rhymes
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow bounces onto a parrot; the parrot chases a jeep; the jeep crashes into a doll; the doll falls into a tiger. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) parrot (b) pillow (c) doll (d) jeep
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant van jumps over an onion; the onion rolls into a key; the key sits on a shoe; the shoe falls into a guava. Which item comes right before the key? (a) onion (b) guava (c) key (d) shoe
- 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) make seeds
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest sits on an orange; the orange tickles a violin; the violin rolls into a goat; the goat crashes into a duck. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) orange (b) goat (c) nest (d) duck
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a giant pink elephant
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) bandar (c) sakhar (d) machhli
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) grow under the ground (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 39.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) smell flowers (b) hear voices (c) taste sour (d) see colours
Answer key
- ears
- seeing a red kite fly
- a far-off still tree
- step 2
- a kite as big as a house
- skin
- tasting raw mango
- picture the first item
- glass
- leaves
- the method of loci
- umpire
- hear the new word
- funny actions
- feel a light touch
- tomato
- eye
- TV
- feel rough or smooth
- feel hot and cold
- a weak picture
- doll
- small doodles
- a list of words only
- to keep the order
- False
- each link leads on
- doll
- onion
- step 1
- step 4
- make seeds
- orange
- step 1
- a plain grey box
- step 4
- haathi
- grow under the ground
- a good mind map
- see colours
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