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.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) never again
- 2.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
- 3.🗣️ 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
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) read words (b) taste sour (c) smell smoke (d) feel hot and cold
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) elephant (b) sugar (c) flower (d) book
- 8.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 9.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) ears (d) eyes
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) smell food (c) taste sweet (d) read words
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make food using sunlight (c) take in water from soil (d) grow under the ground
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a net; the net pulls a tomato; the tomato tickles a rope. Which item comes right before the ice cream? (a) violin (b) net (c) rope (d) ice cream
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) hold the plant firm (c) turn into fruit (d) attract bees
- 16.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 17.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) it rhymes (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
- 18.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) stroking soft fur (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) hearing a drum boom
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) tongue (d) nose
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make seeds” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 21.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 23.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) hear music (b) feel hot and cold (c) read words (d) smell flowers
- 26.🔗 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
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a rose by the shoe rack, a vase by the door, a coconut by the TV, a ball by the sofa, a guava by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) guava (b) ball (c) coconut (d) rose
- 28.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting raw mango
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream rolls into a duck; the duck jumps over a mango; the mango crashes into a coconut; the coconut chases a bucket. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) bucket (b) coconut (c) mango (d) duck
- 30.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 31.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 32.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting salty chips (b) hearing a whistle (c) seeing a glowing star (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 33.🗣️ 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
- 34.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 35.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) sight (c) touch (d) sound
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle falls into a mirror; the mirror sings to a mango; the mango jumps over an onion; the onion sits on a van. Which item comes right before the mango? (a) mango (b) whistle (c) mirror (d) onion
Answer key
- later today and tomorrow
- new words in a language
- link it to the meaning
- put pictures at stops
- fix stops in order
- read words
- book
- choose a place you know
- False
- a strong picture
- eyes
- taste sweet
- make food using sunlight
- violin
- hold the plant firm
- the method of loci
- each link leads on
- hearing a drum boom
- ears
- flowers
- False
- a funny, moving one
- a kite as big as a house
- choose a place you know
- feel hot and cold
- picture the first item
- rose
- hands in icy water
- mango
- step 3
- put pictures at stops
- seeing a glowing star
- link it to the meaning
- a weak picture
- sight
- step 4
- hear the new word
- step 1
- picture the first item
- mirror
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