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 step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) ears (b) nose (c) skin (d) tongue
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) billi (c) neend (d) aai
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest crashes into a duck; the duck sings to a ball; the ball pulls a goat; the goat falls into a sock. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) goat (b) duck (c) sock (d) nest
- 5.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) details on small twigs (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) topic in the centre
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch sits on a pillow; the pillow rolls into a kettle; the kettle chases an ice cream; the ice cream crashes into a doll. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) watch (b) pillow (c) ice cream (d) kettle
- 7.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) long sentences (b) small doodles (c) one key word per branch (d) a colour for each branch
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make seeds” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) cloud (b) eye (c) key (d) water
- 11.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) grow under the ground (c) attract bees (d) green, flat and thin
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 15.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a far-off still tree (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto a net; the net sings to a spoon; the spoon pulls a banana; the banana chases a drum. Which item comes right before the spoon? (a) banana (b) net (c) drum (d) spoon
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) school (b) flower (c) water (d) key
- 19.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) topic in a corner (c) details on small twigs (d) all in one colour
- 20.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) the letters only (d) nothing at all
- 21.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a pencil that dances (d) a bus made of ice
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) turn into fruit (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
- 24.🗣️ 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
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) feel a light touch (b) hear voices (c) taste sweet (d) smell smoke
- 26.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a small grey dot (c) a plain box (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a normal-sized cup (d) the word in small print
- 28.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a dull white wall (c) a mango that sings (d) the word in small print
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a mango that sings (c) a pencil that dances (d) a dull white wall
- 31.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 32.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hands in icy water
- 33.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗣️ 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
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon rolls into an onion; the onion sits on an orange; the orange bounces onto a jeep; the jeep crashes into a cat. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) orange (b) onion (c) lemon (d) jeep
- 38.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) copying a whole page (c) small doodles (d) topic in the centre
- 39.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
Answer key
- step 2
- skin
- neend
- nest
- tiny, cramped writing
- kettle
- long sentences
- a strong picture
- flowers
- eye
- True
- holds up the leaves
- the word’s meaning
- step 1
- a laughing tiffin box
- picture the first item
- net
- key
- details on small twigs
- a bird leaving a cage
- yes, with new pictures
- the word in small print
- turn into fruit
- find a sound-alike word
- smell smoke
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a frog wearing a crown
- a mango that sings
- step 2
- a dull white wall
- replay the story
- hands in icy water
- True
- True
- hear the new word
- step 4
- jeep
- copying a whole page
- choose a place you know
- step 4
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