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 fan bounces onto an anchor; the anchor pulls a guava; the guava chases an ice cream; the ice cream sits on a spoon. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) fan (b) guava (c) anchor (d) spoon
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) is spelled the same
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 4.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) touch (c) sight (d) smell
- 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat sings to an ant; the ant tickles a pillow; the pillow jumps over a banana; the banana chases a key. Which item comes right before the key? (a) banana (b) pillow (c) ant (d) cat
- 7.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the main topic (b) a small detail (c) the date (d) your name
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) topic in a corner (c) ideas with no links (d) a colour for each branch
- 9.🗣️ 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
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an igloo by the blackboard, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the stairs, an anchor by the classroom door, an owl by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) anchor (b) glass (c) owl (d) igloo
- 11.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) no picture at all
- 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange jumps over a candle; the candle pulls a drum; the drum falls into a shoe; the shoe crashes into a nest. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) candle (b) orange (c) nest (d) shoe
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) take in water from soil (c) grow under the ground (d) hold the plant firm
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a banana by the classroom door, a candle by the notice board, an apple by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the blackboard, a van by the stairs. Where did you place the apple? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) stairs (d) teacher’s desk
- 17.🗣️ 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
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) naak (c) neend (d) sakhar
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 21.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen stirring tea (c) the pen near a cup (d) both the same
- 22.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗣️ 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
- 24.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) water in a PAN
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) take in water from soil (c) have tiny pores (d) hold the plant firm
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) tasting salty chips (d) hearing a dog bark
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) phool (c) chaand (d) billi
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear music” go on? (a) nose (b) eyes (c) ears (d) tongue
- 30.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon tickles a duck; the duck sings to a guava; the guava crashes into a drum; the drum chases a frog. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) drum (b) guava (c) lemon (d) duck
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 33.🔗 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
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) ideas with no links (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) all in one colour
- 35.🔗 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
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) monkey (b) tree (c) fish (d) eye
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey rolls into an igloo; the igloo jumps over a ball; the ball chases a guava; the guava crashes into a frog. Which item comes right after the monkey? (a) ball (b) igloo (c) monkey (d) guava
- 38.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) small doodles (c) topic in the centre (d) all in one colour
- 39.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 40.True or false: “tiny, cramped writing” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- fan
- sounds like the new word
- step 4
- sight
- the method of loci
- banana
- the main topic
- a colour for each branch
- hear the new word
- glass
- a funny, moving one
- choose a place you know
- flowers
- orange
- carries water upward
- teacher’s desk
- link it to the meaning
- sakhar
- fix stops in order
- picture the first item
- the pen stirring tea
- False
- find a sound-alike word
- a MAZE on a table
- have tiny pores
- tasting salty chips
- billi
- step 3
- ears
- True
- drum
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- one key word per branch
- link it to the next item
- monkey
- igloo
- all in one colour
- a good mind map
- True
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