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.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon falls into an anchor; the anchor crashes into a vase; the vase sings to a shoe; the shoe tickles a radio. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) vase (b) radio (c) shoe (d) anchor
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make seeds (b) green, flat and thin (c) hold the plant firm (d) turn into fruit
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) ideas with no links (c) one key word per branch (d) lines that link ideas
- 4.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 6.🔗 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
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a watch by the gate, a guava by the TV, a fan by the sofa, a tiger by the shoe rack, an orange by the door. What did you place by the gate? (a) tiger (b) guava (c) watch (d) orange
- 8.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 10.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) images stick better (c) they are boring (d) words are useless
- 11.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) long numbers
- 12.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a van by the kitchen, a radio by the TV, an owl by the sofa, a duck by the dining table, a drum by the bed. Where did you place the owl? (a) dining table (b) bed (c) TV (d) sofa
- 14.🗣️ 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
- 15.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) colour it again (c) throw it away (d) redraw it from memory
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a dull white wall (c) a plain grey box (d) a list of words only
- 18.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 19.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio jumps over an igloo; the igloo chases a kite; the kite sits on a ball; the ball tickles a kettle. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) radio (b) ball (c) kite (d) kettle
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) watching fireworks (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 22.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a list of words only (c) a mango that sings (d) a kite as big as a house
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog crashes into a parrot; the parrot tickles a fan; the fan sits on a kite; the kite chases a ladder. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) fan (b) parrot (c) kite (d) ladder
- 24.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) hands in icy water (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) watching fireworks
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant sits on a wallet; the wallet chases a sock; the sock jumps over a cat; the cat sings to an orange. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) cat (b) ant (c) orange (d) sock
- 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 27.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 28.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) too slow (c) easier to keep (d) useless
- 29.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow rolls into a jeep; the jeep bounces onto a flute; the flute chases a fan; the fan crashes into an owl. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) fan (b) jeep (c) owl (d) pillow
- 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 33.🔗 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
- 34.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a plain grey box (d) a sock that smells awful
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a pencil that dances (c) a far-off still tree (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 36.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) details on small twigs (c) all in one colour (d) small doodles
- 38.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
- 39.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
Answer key
- shoe
- hold the plant firm
- ideas with no links
- link it to the next item
- step 2
- picture the first item
- watch
- a poor mind map
- sounds like the new word
- images stick better
- new words in a language
- link it to the next item
- sofa
- find a sound-alike word
- redraw it from memory
- fix stops in order
- a sock that smells awful
- fix stops in order
- step 3
- kettle
- feeling a prickly cactus
- a list of words only
- parrot
- hands in icy water
- cat
- keep linking in order
- a weak picture
- easier to keep
- False
- jeep
- step 1
- a strong picture
- picture the first item
- a plain grey box
- a far-off still tree
- a poor mind map
- all in one colour
- one you know very well
- False
- a weak picture
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