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 ladder chases a lemon; the lemon falls into a drum; the drum tickles a guava; the guava sings to a whistle. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) guava (b) drum (c) whistle (d) ladder
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) book (b) moon (c) fish (d) rice
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) smell food (b) feel hot and cold (c) taste salty (d) feel rough or smooth
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug bounces onto a frog; the frog falls into a cat; the cat crashes into an apple; the apple rolls into an umpire. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) umpire (b) apple (c) frog (d) cat
- 5.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 6.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) it comes back alone
- 7.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) sound (b) touch (c) smell (d) sight
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 9.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) guess
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lamp by the dining table, an apple by the TV, a sock by the shoe rack, an ant by the door, an ice cream by the sofa. Where did you place the ant? (a) TV (b) door (c) dining table (d) shoe rack
- 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) read words (b) taste sour (c) hear music (d) smell smoke
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an orange by the blackboard, an ant by the classroom door, a watch by the stairs, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a pillow by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) ice cream (b) pillow (c) watch (d) orange
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sound (b) sight (c) touch (d) taste
- 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 16.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sound (b) sight (c) taste (d) touch
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tiger by the sofa, an inkpot by the shoe rack, a mirror by the TV, a tent by the kitchen, a fan by the dining table. Where did you place the tent? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) shoe rack
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) sound (b) sight (c) smell (d) touch
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest bounces onto a kite; the kite jumps over a ball; the ball sits on an igloo; the igloo sings to a radio. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) igloo (b) nest (c) ball (d) kite
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 22.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a list of words only (c) a normal-sized cup (d) the word in small print
- 23.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) means the same
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) the word in small print (c) a bus made of ice (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a key by the classroom door, a flute by the notice board, an umbrella by the school gate, an orange by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umbrella (b) flute (c) orange (d) mango
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting bitter karela
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 28.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 29.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) make seeds (c) attract bees (d) carries water upward
- 34.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a dull white wall (c) a list of words only (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an umpire by the slide, a doll by the park gate, a cat by the swing, a pillow by the banyan tree, a fan by the fruit cart. Where did you place the fan? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) slide (d) swing
- 36.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
- 37.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel rough or smooth” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a CHUBBY key
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a coconut by the gate, a guava by the TV, a duck by the sofa, a pencil by the door, an ice cream by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) pencil (b) duck (c) guava (d) ice cream
- 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
- ladder
- fish
- smell food
- frog
- choose a place you know
- that item is lost
- touch
- step 1
- replay the story
- door
- step 3
- smell smoke
- ice cream
- sight
- step 2
- touch
- kitchen
- step 2
- sound
- nest
- put pictures at stops
- a pencil that dances
- sounds like the new word
- the word in small print
- mango
- hearing a drum boom
- step 3
- the method of loci
- choose a place you know
- link it to the next item
- stem
- flowers
- carries water upward
- a laughing tiffin box
- fruit cart
- to keep the order
- False
- a tree on a note PAD
- guava
- find a sound-alike word
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