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.🗣️ 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
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make food using sunlight (c) turn into fruit (d) take in water from soil
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) roots (d) stem
- 4.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 5.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the library, a radio by the playground, a lamp by the classroom door, an umbrella by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) ladder (c) umbrella (d) lamp
- 7.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a monkey by the fruit cart, a net by the swing, a pencil by the bench, a goat by the slide, an anchor by the park gate. What did you place by the slide? (a) pencil (b) net (c) anchor (d) goat
- 9.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) keep it still (c) make it grey (d) make it small and plain
- 10.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the date (b) the main topic (c) a small detail (d) your name
- 11.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 12.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a blurry shape (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 13.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a flute by the classroom door, a banana by the stairs, a radio by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the notice board, a lamp by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) flute (b) radio (c) banana (d) kite
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 17.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 18.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) rocket (c) honesty (d) banana
- 19.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) a colour for each branch (c) copying a whole page (d) topic in the centre
- 20.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a dull white wall (c) a far-off still tree (d) the word in small print
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 23.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) a giant rainbow umbrella (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a plain box
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “ped” is “a tree on a note PAD”. What does “ped” mean? (a) tree (b) cloud (c) table (d) nose
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 26.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) drawing maps (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
- 27.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
- 28.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a drum boom (c) tasting bitter karela (d) smelling jasmine
- 29.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
- 30.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) topic in the centre (c) all in one colour (d) details on small twigs
- 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) hear voices (b) taste sweet (c) smell flowers (d) see colours
- 34.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) smell smoke (b) read words (c) smell food (d) taste salty
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) stem (d) leaves
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) long sentences (c) a colour for each branch (d) ideas with no links
- 38.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) a colour for each branch
- 40.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
Answer key
- find a sound-alike word
- turn into fruit
- stem
- a strong picture
- one you know very well
- lamp
- a strong picture
- goat
- make it big and funny
- the main topic
- add more stops
- a frog wearing a crown
- the method of loci
- a weak picture
- kite
- step 4
- picture the first item
- honesty
- copying a whole page
- a giant pink elephant
- leaves
- step 3
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- tree
- step 1
- new words in a language
- replay the story
- smelling jasmine
- yes, with new pictures
- all in one colour
- a weak picture
- find a sound-alike word
- see colours
- a weak picture
- read words
- roots
- a colour for each branch
- a strong picture
- ideas with no links
- step 1
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