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: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange sings to a jeep; the jeep falls into a drum; the drum sits on a candle; the candle crashes into a radio. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) drum (b) jeep (c) candle (d) orange
- 3.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a plain grey box (c) a blurry shape (d) a normal-sized cup
- 6.True or false: “copying a whole page” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 9.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 10.🏰 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
- 11.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) a blank page (d) the letters only
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) take in water from soil (d) carries food to parts
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) stroking soft fur (c) hearing a drum boom (d) watching fireworks
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute sits on a radio; the radio bounces onto a banana; the banana crashes into a drum; the drum pulls a bucket. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) radio (b) bucket (c) banana (d) drum
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jeep by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the post box, a spoon by the fruit cart, a needle by the swing, a rope by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) needle (b) spoon (c) ice cream (d) jeep
- 16.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
- 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a vase by the sofa, a banana by the dining table, a spoon by the bed, a bucket by the kitchen, a tent by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) banana (b) spoon (c) vase (d) tent
- 20.🔗 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
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) stem (d) flowers
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a jug by the banyan tree, a van by the park gate, a nest by the slide, a bucket by the swing, a fan by the fruit cart. What did you place by the swing? (a) jug (b) fan (c) bucket (d) van
- 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the gate, a kite by the door, a nest by the TV, a mirror by the sofa, a guava by the shoe rack. Where did you place the nest? (a) gate (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) TV
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a net; the net sits on a guava; the guava crashes into a whistle. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) guava (b) jalebi (c) whistle (d) ice cream
- 27.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) touch (b) smell (c) sight (d) sound
- 28.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a list of words only (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a bright red flying cow
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) hearing a dog bark (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) smelling jasmine
- 30.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) it comes back alone (d) you get an extra item
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) hold the plant firm (c) green, flat and thin (d) grow under the ground
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kite by the slide, a banana by the park gate, a parrot by the fruit cart, a wallet by the bench, a shoe by the swing. Where did you place the wallet? (a) swing (b) bench (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sings to a banana; the banana sits on a pillow; the pillow falls into a violin; the violin rolls into a wallet. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) pillow (b) banana (c) candle (d) wallet
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an igloo by the library, a coconut by the blackboard, a ladder by the playground, a doll by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the classroom door. Where did you place the coconut? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
- 36.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗣️ 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
- 38.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball falls into a bucket; the bucket sits on a flute; the flute crashes into a duck; the duck pulls an apple. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) apple (b) flute (c) duck (d) ball
- 40.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
Answer key
- step 4
- drum
- False
- the word’s meaning
- a giant pink elephant
- False
- keep linking in order
- a strong picture
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- a bird leaving a cage
- take in water from soil
- hearing a drum boom
- drum
- spoon
- each link leads on
- step 2
- a fish lighting a MATCH
- tent
- picture the first item
- step 1
- leaves
- bucket
- step 1
- TV
- whistle
- sight
- a bright red flying cow
- seeing a red kite fly
- that item is lost
- step 3
- green, flat and thin
- bench
- banana
- blackboard
- False
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- duck
- find a sound-alike word
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