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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 3.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) later today and tomorrow (d) only in the exam
- 5.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 6.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) fish (d) sugar
- 9.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil crashes into an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a needle; the needle bounces onto a ladder; the ladder chases a spoon. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) spoon (b) ladder (c) ice cream (d) pencil
- 11.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) smelling jasmine (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting raw mango
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaabi (c) chaand (d) bhaat
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) foot (b) nose (c) monkey (d) mother
- 14.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) a bird leaving a cage (d) the letters only
- 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 16.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sight (d) smell
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) chaabi (c) neend (d) naak
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) make food using sunlight (c) carries food to parts (d) hold the plant firm
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) smell smoke (b) see shapes (c) hear a bell (d) taste sweet
- 23.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 24.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) water in a PAN (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an urn by the fruit cart, an igloo by the swing, a lemon by the banyan tree, a candle by the park gate, a coconut by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) urn (b) candle (c) coconut (d) igloo
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) hearing a dog bark (d) tasting raw mango
- 28.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a sock that smells awful (c) the word in small print (d) a plain grey box
- 30.🗣️ 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
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) cloud (b) table (c) mango (d) book
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) flower (b) rice (c) tree (d) sleep
- 33.🏰 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
- 34.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it saves ink (b) no reason (c) quick to see and recall (d) it looks empty
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting salty chips
- 39.🗣️ 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
- 40.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
Answer key
- a weak picture
- keep linking in order
- True
- later today and tomorrow
- hear the new word
- True
- step 2
- fish
- False
- ladder
- seeing a glowing star
- chaand
- monkey
- a bird leaving a cage
- step 1
- funny actions
- step 4
- sight
- kitaab
- hold the plant firm
- step 3
- see shapes
- replay the story
- a book in a KIT bag
- urn
- the word’s meaning
- tasting raw mango
- False
- a sock that smells awful
- link it to the meaning
- book
- rice
- fix stops in order
- quick to see and recall
- link it to the next item
- choose a place you know
- step 1
- hearing a drum boom
- find a sound-alike word
- that item is lost
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