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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 2.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make seeds (b) carries food to parts (c) holds up the leaves (d) take in water from soil
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.True or false: “copying a whole page” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot crashes into a ball; the ball falls into a whistle; the whistle jumps over a jug; the jug chases a duck. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) ball (b) whistle (c) duck (d) jug
- 9.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) rocket (c) honesty (d) banana
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 12.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) skip 5 items (c) use no route (d) add more stops
- 13.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
- 15.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) that item is lost (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the classroom door, an umbrella by the stairs, an owl by the notice board, a drum by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the school gate. Where did you place the owl? (a) school gate (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) notice board
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant van rolls into a shoe; the shoe bounces onto an apple; the apple falls into an anchor; the anchor sings to a duck. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) shoe (b) van (c) anchor (d) apple
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a lemon by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the stairs, a duck by the classroom door, a lamp by the notice board, a vase by the school gate. Where did you place the vase? (a) notice board (b) school gate (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “read words” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) ears (d) skin
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) carries water upward (c) hold the plant firm (d) take in water from soil
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) billi (c) aai (d) ped
- 28.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 29.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) harder to keep (c) useless (d) too slow
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) hold the plant firm (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
- 32.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) water in a PAN
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a duck by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the library, an ant by the classroom door, an ice cream by the blackboard, an umbrella by the stairs. Where did you place the lemon? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) library
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 35.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 36.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a plain box (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 37.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a spoon by the stairs, a kite by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the library, a coconut by the classroom door, an owl by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) kite (b) coconut (c) fan (d) spoon
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting salty chips (c) stroking soft fur (d) smelling jasmine
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) take in water from soil (c) make seeds (d) have tiny pores
Answer key
- step 1
- one you know very well
- take in water from soil
- hear the new word
- True
- sight
- choose a place you know
- jug
- honesty
- a strong picture
- choose a place you know
- add more stops
- False
- sounds like the new word
- that item is lost
- picture the first item
- notice board
- step 3
- keep linking in order
- shoe
- step 2
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- school gate
- eyes
- carries water upward
- billi
- new words in a language
- easier to keep
- flowers
- hold the plant firm
- a PIE under your foot
- library
- leaves
- funny actions
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- fix stops in order
- coconut
- tasting salty chips
- make seeds
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