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 memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) watching fireworks (c) smelling jasmine (d) seeing a glowing star
- 2.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) stroking soft fur (b) hearing a whistle (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting bitter karela
- 3.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) keep it still (c) make it big and funny (d) make it grey
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sour” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) tongue (d) nose
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) roots (d) stem
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan sings to a cat; the cat falls into a doll; the doll rolls into a coconut; the coconut bounces onto a parrot. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) coconut (b) parrot (c) cat (d) fan
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a ball by the blackboard, a jug by the classroom door, a mango by the playground, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the library. Where did you place the tomato? (a) playground (b) library (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) paani (c) phool (d) baadal
- 10.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) a small detail (c) the date (d) the main topic
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger rolls into a flute; the flute chases a jug; the jug tickles a tomato; the tomato jumps over a ball. Which item comes right after the tiger? (a) ball (b) flute (c) jug (d) tomato
- 12.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) numbers
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) smell smoke (b) hear music (c) see colours (d) feel a light touch
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make seeds (c) grow under the ground (d) make food using sunlight
- 15.🗣️ 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
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 17.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat chases a tomato; the tomato bounces onto a mango; the mango crashes into a bucket; the bucket tickles an igloo. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) cat (b) mango (c) tomato (d) bucket
- 19.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a list of words only (d) a normal-sized cup
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a list of words only (c) the word in small print (d) a bus made of ice
- 24.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) no reason (c) it saves ink (d) quick to see and recall
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a doll by the kitchen, a whistle by the sofa, a ladder by the TV, a candle by the shoe rack, a duck by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) whistle (b) duck (c) doll (d) ladder
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) neend (c) baadal (d) naak
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a rose by the stairs, a frog by the blackboard, a net by the notice board, a watch by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the classroom door. Where did you place the frog? (a) blackboard (b) notice board (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 32.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) roots (d) leaves
- 34.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 37.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a mango that sings (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umpire by the park gate, a jug by the bus stop, an ant by the fruit cart, a guava by the banyan tree, an urn by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) umpire (b) urn (c) jug (d) guava
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) grow under the ground (c) make seeds (d) holds up the leaves
Answer key
- hearing a dog bark
- tasting bitter karela
- make it big and funny
- tongue
- stem
- parrot
- step 3
- teacher’s desk
- naak
- the main topic
- flute
- funny actions
- smell smoke
- make food using sunlight
- hear the new word
- keep linking in order
- one you know very well
- mango
- True
- sounds like the new word
- step 4
- a pencil that dances
- a bus made of ice
- quick to see and recall
- duck
- fix stops in order
- picture the first item
- neend
- step 2
- step 2
- blackboard
- False
- stem
- True
- the method of loci
- step 4
- step 1
- a mango that sings
- jug
- make seeds
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