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 “flowers” branch? (a) attract bees (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries water upward (d) take in water from soil
- 2.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) it rhymes (c) each link leads on (d) stories are short
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) aai (c) kitaab (d) aam
- 4.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) both the same
- 5.🗣️ 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
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) read words (b) smell flowers (c) hear a bell (d) feel a light touch
- 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.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 10.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a plain grey box (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat bounces onto a glass; the glass rolls into a mirror; the mirror crashes into a pencil; the pencil chases a lemon. Which item comes right before the glass? (a) glass (b) mirror (c) lemon (d) goat
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) small doodles
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) cloud (b) key (c) elephant (d) mango
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ladder by the library, a tent by the blackboard, a kite by the classroom door, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) tent (b) kite (c) monkey (d) parrot
- 16.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo tickles an orange; the orange pulls a kite; the kite chases a kettle; the kettle crashes into a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) orange (b) igloo (c) kettle (d) ball
- 21.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) the letters only (c) nothing at all (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum pulls a banana; the banana jumps over a rose; the rose tickles a spoon; the spoon falls into an orange. Which item comes right before the rose? (a) spoon (b) orange (c) banana (d) rose
- 23.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
- 24.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a pencil that dances (c) a dull white wall (d) a blurry shape
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose bounces onto a pillow; the pillow tickles a duck; the duck sits on an igloo; the igloo rolls into a lamp. Which item comes right after the pillow? (a) lamp (b) duck (c) igloo (d) pillow
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) no reason (c) quick to see and recall (d) it saves ink
- 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) holds up the leaves (d) have tiny pores
- 31.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) small doodles (c) topic in a corner (d) a colour for each branch
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) topic in a corner (c) ideas with no links (d) long sentences
- 34.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a plain box (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a small grey dot
- 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 36.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) use no route (d) put all at one stop
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) turn into fruit (c) take in water from soil (d) make seeds
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) watching fireworks (b) smelling jasmine (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a whistle
- 39.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) nothing changes (d) that item is lost
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
Answer key
- attract bees
- each link leads on
- aam
- the pen stirring tea
- hear the new word
- smell flowers
- hear the new word
- step 3
- hear the new word
- a bus made of ice
- goat
- copying a whole page
- elephant
- step 2
- kite
- a good mind map
- the word’s meaning
- roots
- a weak picture
- igloo
- a bird leaving a cage
- banana
- one you know very well
- a pencil that dances
- duck
- flowers
- link it to the meaning
- quick to see and recall
- hear the new word
- holds up the leaves
- topic in a corner
- step 3
- details on small twigs
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- find a sound-alike word
- add more stops
- take in water from soil
- watching fireworks
- that item is lost
- a strong picture
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