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.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) turn into fruit (b) make food using sunlight (c) grow under the ground (d) holds up the leaves
- 2.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a far-off still tree (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) take in water from soil (c) grow under the ground (d) hold the plant firm
- 5.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) use no route
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) harder to keep (c) useless (d) easier to keep
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a key by the dining table, a net by the TV, a needle by the sofa, an anchor by the kitchen, a shoe by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) shoe (b) needle (c) anchor (d) key
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a mango that sings (d) a plain grey box
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries food to parts (c) holds up the leaves (d) carries water upward
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 14.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a pencil that dances (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a bright red flying cow
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle crashes into a doll; the doll pulls a banana; the banana sits on a whistle; the whistle bounces onto an inkpot. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) whistle (b) kettle (c) inkpot (d) doll
- 16.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see colours” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) elephant (c) rocket (d) honesty
- 18.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a list of words only
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) nose (d) eyes
- 20.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) eyes (d) skin
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a needle by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the stairs, a net by the notice board, an anchor by the classroom door, a nest by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) cat (b) nest (c) net (d) needle
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) details on small twigs (c) a colour for each branch (d) topic in the centre
- 26.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) a small detail (c) the date (d) the main topic
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a goat by the blackboard, a lamp by the playground, an ice cream by the classroom door, an anchor by the library, a doll by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the lamp? (a) playground (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin chases a monkey; the monkey rolls into an inkpot; the inkpot falls into an umbrella; the umbrella bounces onto a jalebi. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) monkey (b) violin (c) jalebi (d) umbrella
- 29.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) school (b) rice (c) flower (d) eye
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) key (c) monkey (d) moon
- 32.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 33.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it is longer (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it hides the ideas
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) topic in the centre (c) lines that link ideas (d) ideas with no links
- 35.True or false: “topic in a corner” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 38.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 40.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
Answer key
- make food using sunlight
- to keep the order
- a far-off still tree
- carries food to parts
- add more stops
- put pictures at stops
- easier to keep
- leaves
- shoe
- a plain grey box
- step 1
- green, flat and thin
- step 2
- a blurry shape
- kettle
- True
- honesty
- a bright red flying cow
- nose
- funny actions
- skin
- find a sound-alike word
- net
- a strong picture
- tiny, cramped writing
- the main topic
- playground
- violin
- False
- flower
- cat
- one you know very well
- it shows how ideas link
- ideas with no links
- True
- picture the first item
- the word’s meaning
- fix stops in order
- step 2
- step 4
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