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.🗣️ 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
- 2.🗣️ 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
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava pulls a kite; the kite sings to an apple; the apple crashes into a ball; the ball rolls into a spoon. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) spoon (b) ball (c) apple (d) kite
- 4.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) a colour for each branch (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) long sentences
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant van crashes into an umpire; the umpire sits on a whistle; the whistle jumps over a needle; the needle tickles a tent. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) whistle (b) tent (c) needle (d) umpire
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a pencil that dances
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug falls into a wallet; the wallet pulls a tiger; the tiger crashes into a duck; the duck sits on a guava. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) duck (b) jug (c) tiger (d) guava
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) turn into fruit (c) hold the plant firm (d) have tiny pores
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) read words (b) taste sweet (c) smell smoke (d) taste salty
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) attract bees (c) carries food to parts (d) make food using sunlight
- 11.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it small and plain (c) make it grey (d) make it big and funny
- 12.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
- 13.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella falls into a van; the van pulls a tent; the tent sings to a ball; the ball chases a vase. Which item comes right after the tent? (a) umbrella (b) van (c) tent (d) ball
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato sings to an owl; the owl crashes into a banana; the banana sits on a duck; the duck falls into a doll. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) doll (b) owl (c) banana (d) duck
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an orange by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the classroom door, a drum by the library, a banana by the blackboard, a ladder by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) banana (b) orange (c) ladder (d) shoe
- 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a mango that sings (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) the word in small print
- 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 21.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) sound
- 22.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) small doodles (b) long sentences (c) ideas with no links (d) all in one colour
- 23.🔗 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
- 24.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) easier to keep (c) harder to keep (d) too slow
- 25.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel rough or smooth” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sight (d) sound
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mango by the gate, a parrot by the TV, a net by the sofa, a van by the shoe rack, a flute by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) flute (b) van (c) parrot (d) net
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) make seeds (c) hold the plant firm (d) take in water from soil
- 30.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it saves ink (b) it looks empty (c) quick to see and recall (d) no reason
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) cloud (b) table (c) tree (d) school
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a far-off still tree (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a plain grey box
- 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) sounds like the new word
- 34.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) one key word per branch (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) topic in the centre
- 37.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) colours only (d) numbers
- 38.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an umbrella by the sofa, a bucket by the door, a tiger by the gate, a frog by the TV, an ice cream by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) ice cream (b) frog (c) umbrella (d) tiger
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) small doodles (c) all in one colour (d) topic in the centre
Answer key
- hear the new word
- link it to the meaning
- kite
- a colour for each branch
- whistle
- a normal-sized cup
- tiger
- turn into fruit
- smell smoke
- make food using sunlight
- make it big and funny
- add more stops
- new words in a language
- step 3
- ball
- duck
- ladder
- to keep the order
- the word in small print
- link it to the meaning
- touch
- small doodles
- link it to the next item
- easier to keep
- True
- sound
- net
- step 3
- make seeds
- quick to see and recall
- table
- a kite as big as a house
- sounds like the new word
- a weak picture
- step 3
- tiny, cramped writing
- funny actions
- step 1
- frog
- all in one colour
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