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 banana chases a rope; the rope falls into an inkpot; the inkpot tickles a watch; the watch crashes into an onion. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) watch (b) inkpot (c) rope (d) banana
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) all in one colour (d) details on small twigs
- 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) copying a whole page (c) small doodles (d) long sentences
- 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) taste (c) sight (d) touch
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 7.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) throw it away (c) colour it again (d) redraw it from memory
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an owl by the door, a candle by the TV, a rose by the sofa, a key by the dining table, a lemon by the shoe rack. Where did you place the lemon? (a) door (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) TV
- 9.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) copying a whole page (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) topic in a corner
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor tickles a banana; the banana rolls into an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a van; the van bounces onto a glass. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) glass (c) anchor (d) van
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a needle by the swing, a wallet by the park gate, a goat by the slide, a banana by the fruit cart, a mango by the bench. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) needle (b) wallet (c) mango (d) banana
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 16.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
- 17.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sound (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a kettle by the dining table, a doll by the sofa, an inkpot by the TV, a cat by the shoe rack, a parrot by the kitchen. What did you place by the TV? (a) inkpot (b) parrot (c) doll (d) cat
- 19.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a pencil that dances (d) a far-off still tree
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a far-off still tree (c) a pencil that dances (d) a bus made of ice
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
- 24.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a bus made of ice (d) a plain grey box
- 26.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a bus made of ice (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a giant pink elephant
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting bitter karela (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 29.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
- 30.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 31.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) long sentences (c) all in one colour (d) lines that link ideas
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in the centre (d) small doodles
- 33.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) just the word
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an onion by the shoe rack, an igloo by the dining table, a banana by the sofa, an ant by the TV, a watch by the door. Where did you place the igloo? (a) door (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
- 36.🔗 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
- 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 38.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) small doodles (d) ideas with no links
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 40.🏰 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
Answer key
- banana
- all in one colour
- picture the first item
- small doodles
- sight
- sight
- redraw it from memory
- shoe rack
- a colour for each branch
- link it to the meaning
- a strong picture
- glass
- needle
- step 3
- step 4
- one you know very well
- sound
- inkpot
- a far-off still tree
- a strong picture
- a far-off still tree
- choose a place you know
- that item is lost
- add more stops
- a plain grey box
- a pale, tiny dot
- tasting bitter karela
- step 1
- yes, with new pictures
- taste
- lines that link ideas
- topic in a corner
- a funny, moving one
- step 3
- dining table
- step 2
- hear the new word
- ideas with no links
- link it to the next item
- choose a place you know
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