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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 2.🗣️ 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
- 3.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 6.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a plain box
- 7.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 9.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a dull white wall (d) a mango that sings
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest jumps over a glass; the glass sings to an ant; the ant chases a radio; the radio tickles a guava. Which item comes right after the nest? (a) nest (b) glass (c) guava (d) radio
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck chases a drum; the drum jumps over a cat; the cat bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a jeep. Which item comes right after the ice cream? (a) ice cream (b) jeep (c) drum (d) duck
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
- 15.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) it saves ink (c) it looks empty (d) quick to see and recall
- 16.🔗 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
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) eyes (d) tongue
- 19.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a mirror by the park gate, a doll by the banyan tree, a nest by the bus stop, a ladder by the fruit cart, an ant by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) nest (b) doll (c) ant (d) ladder
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) nose (b) water (c) key (d) rice
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a mango that sings (c) a bus made of ice (d) the word in small print
- 24.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) each link leads on (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting salty chips (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) stroking soft fur (d) hearing a drum boom
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 30.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rope by the fruit cart, a frog by the post box, a nest by the swing, an onion by the banyan tree, an anchor by the park gate. Where did you place the rope? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) swing
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) smell food (b) see shapes (c) smell flowers (d) hear music
- 33.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) use no route
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) ideas with no links (d) copying a whole page
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut tickles a mango; the mango crashes into an onion; the onion bounces onto a ladder; the ladder sings to a flute. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) coconut (b) onion (c) mango (d) ladder
- 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a guava by the blackboard, a jalebi by the notice board, a goat by the teacher’s desk, a van by the classroom door, a parrot by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) parrot (b) jalebi (c) van (d) guava
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a bucket by the banyan tree, a frog by the fruit cart, a tent by the swing, a cat by the post box, an igloo by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) cat (c) frog (d) bucket
- 39.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lemon by the TV, a kettle by the sofa, a pencil by the dining table, a mirror by the door, a rose by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) kettle (b) rose (c) mirror (d) lemon
Answer key
- a strong picture
- find a sound-alike word
- easier to keep
- step 3
- step 2
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- to keep the order
- step 1
- a poor mind map
- step 3
- a dull white wall
- glass
- jeep
- sounds like the new word
- quick to see and recall
- link it to the next item
- choose a place you know
- eyes
- True
- ant
- water
- step 3
- the word in small print
- each link leads on
- stem
- the word’s meaning
- hearing a drum boom
- picture the first item
- link it to the meaning
- a poor mind map
- fruit cart
- see shapes
- add more stops
- small doodles
- onion
- a school in a SHAWL
- jalebi
- cat
- a strong picture
- mirror
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