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 branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 3.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) chaand (c) baadal (d) ped
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle tickles a candle; the candle sings to a parrot; the parrot chases a violin; the violin falls into a duck. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) violin (b) parrot (c) candle (d) kettle
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) sounds like the new word
- 7.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a mango that sings (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a far-off still tree
- 9.🔗 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
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) leaves (d) stem
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 12.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a plain grey box (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 16.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) tasting salty chips (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) hearing a whistle (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 18.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) the letters only (d) a blank page
- 19.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 20.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) taste (b) sound (c) sight (d) touch
- 21.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) smell (b) sound (c) sight (d) touch
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) a colour for each branch (c) topic in a corner (d) all in one colour
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat chases a pillow; the pillow sings to a mirror; the mirror falls into a shoe; the shoe pulls a banana. Which item comes right before the mirror? (a) shoe (b) banana (c) cat (d) pillow
- 25.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a blurry shape (c) the word in small print (d) a sock that smells awful
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) a colour for each branch (d) ideas with no links
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat crashes into a violin; the violin tickles a glass; the glass jumps over a doll; the doll chases a whistle. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) violin (b) whistle (c) doll (d) goat
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) have tiny pores (c) green, flat and thin (d) carries food to parts
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a van by the playground, a wallet by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the classroom door, a tent by the blackboard, an orange by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) apple (b) tent (c) orange (d) van
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a lamp by the swing, a tiger by the banyan tree, an urn by the park gate, a net by the post box, a watch by the fruit cart. What did you place by the post box? (a) watch (b) urn (c) lamp (d) net
- 31.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a dog bark (d) hands in icy water
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.🏰 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
- 34.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an anchor by the kitchen, a glass by the sofa, a pencil by the bed, a kite by the dining table, a banana by the TV. Where did you place the anchor? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) dining table
- 37.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) watching fireworks (b) tasting salty chips (c) smelling wet earth (d) smelling jasmine
- 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a flower in a POOL
- 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
Answer key
- leaves
- link it to the next item
- True
- chaand
- parrot
- sounds like the new word
- the method of loci
- a far-off still tree
- link it to the next item
- roots
- a strong picture
- easier to keep
- yes, with new pictures
- a weak picture
- a frog wearing a crown
- tasting salty chips
- step 3
- a bird leaving a cage
- each link leads on
- sight
- later today and tomorrow
- smell
- a colour for each branch
- pillow
- a sock that smells awful
- ideas with no links
- doll
- carries food to parts
- orange
- net
- hands in icy water
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- find a sound-alike word
- kitchen
- watching fireworks
- a flower in a POOL
- hear the new word
- flowers
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