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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a pencil that dances (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a normal-sized cup
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an ant by the slide, a guava by the bench, a ball by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the park gate, a kettle by the swing. Where did you place the kettle? (a) swing (b) bench (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) neend (c) sakhar (d) ped
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) sleep (b) mango (c) fish (d) rice
- 6.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting raw mango (c) watching fireworks (d) hearing a drum boom
- 7.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) stem (d) flowers
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sight (d) sound
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) a colour for each branch (c) all in one colour (d) lines that link ideas
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries water upward (d) attract bees
- 13.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) I NEED sleep (c) a flower in a POOL (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sings to a banana; the banana tickles a net; the net chases an urn; the urn sits on a kite. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) urn (b) banana (c) net (d) kite
- 15.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 16.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
- 17.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) make seeds
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion rolls into a sock; the sock chases an owl; the owl tickles a bucket; the bucket crashes into a jug. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) sock (b) jug (c) onion (d) bucket
- 22.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a sock that smells awful
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil chases a net; the net bounces onto an umpire; the umpire falls into an ice cream; the ice cream crashes into an urn. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) ice cream (b) umpire (c) net (d) pencil
- 25.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) roots
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) paay (c) kitaab (d) baadal
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon falls into a coconut; the coconut rolls into a ball; the ball bounces onto a van; the van jumps over a wallet. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ball (b) van (c) spoon (d) wallet
- 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) water in a PAN (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 30.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste salty (b) see colours (c) read words (d) smell food
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket rolls into a tiger; the tiger falls into a candle; the candle jumps over a ball; the ball sings to a fan. Which item comes right after the tiger? (a) bucket (b) fan (c) candle (d) tiger
- 33.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sings to a rose; the rose pulls a glass; the glass chases an anchor; the anchor crashes into a monkey. Which item comes right before the monkey? (a) anchor (b) glass (c) rose (d) lamp
- 35.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) read a new list
- 36.🔗 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
- 37.🔗 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
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder pulls a banana; the banana tickles a coconut; the coconut sits on an owl; the owl rolls into a van. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) owl (b) banana (c) coconut (d) ladder
- 39.🗣️ 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
- 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
Answer key
- a normal-sized cup
- step 2
- swing
- machhli
- rice
- smelling wet earth
- a poor mind map
- flowers
- choose a place you know
- sight
- all in one colour
- take in water from soil
- a SACK full of sugar
- urn
- a weak picture
- one you know very well
- step 2
- a strong picture
- step 3
- make seeds
- jug
- a pale, tiny dot
- step 2
- net
- a bird leaving a cage
- roots
- baadal
- wallet
- water in a PAN
- a poor mind map
- smell food
- candle
- True
- anchor
- replay the story
- link it to the next item
- picture the first item
- owl
- hear the new word
- later today and tomorrow
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