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.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) feel a light touch (b) feel rough or smooth (c) read words (d) smell flowers
- 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 5.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) taste sour (c) hear a bell (d) taste sweet
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) ears (b) tongue (c) nose (d) eyes
- 10.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 11.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) easier to keep (c) too slow (d) useless
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe bounces onto a sock; the sock crashes into a frog; the frog pulls a jeep; the jeep sings to an orange. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) shoe (b) jeep (c) sock (d) orange
- 13.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the date (b) your name (c) the main topic (d) a small detail
- 14.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) lines that link ideas (c) a colour for each branch (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a bus made of ice (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 18.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
- 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting salty chips (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) hands in icy water (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) topic in a corner (c) details on small twigs (d) long sentences
- 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo jumps over a nest; the nest falls into an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a doll; the doll crashes into a coconut. Which item comes right after the igloo? (a) doll (b) umbrella (c) nest (d) igloo
- 23.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) images stick better (c) they are boring (d) words are useless
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) phool (c) aam (d) bhaat
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) taste sour (b) hear voices (c) read words (d) feel a light touch
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 29.🗣️ 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
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste sour (b) see colours (c) smell food (d) feel rough or smooth
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) turn into fruit (c) have tiny pores (d) carries food to parts
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 33.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in a corner (d) copying a whole page
- 34.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a dull white wall
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a bus made of ice (c) a blurry shape (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket crashes into a jug; the jug sits on a ball; the ball bounces onto a candle; the candle jumps over a duck. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) jug (b) ball (c) candle (d) bucket
- 38.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) colour it again (c) frame it (d) redraw it from memory
- 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
Answer key
- True
- read words
- link it to the meaning
- step 3
- a poor mind map
- hear a bell
- put pictures at stops
- step 4
- nose
- keep linking in order
- easier to keep
- sock
- the main topic
- tiny, cramped writing
- a pale, tiny dot
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- that item is lost
- seeing a red kite fly
- details on small twigs
- picture the first item
- nest
- images stick better
- choose a place you know
- bhaat
- step 4
- feel a light touch
- a strong picture
- find a sound-alike word
- smell food
- have tiny pores
- a strong picture
- lines that link ideas
- a dull white wall
- a strong picture
- a blurry shape
- ball
- False
- redraw it from memory
- a fish lighting a MATCH
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