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 keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 3.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) drawing maps (d) long numbers
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) tree (b) flower (c) school (d) water
- 6.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell smoke” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a rope by the fruit cart, a lamp by the park gate, a guava by the post box, a wallet by the banyan tree, a kettle by the bus stop. Where did you place the wallet? (a) bus stop (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) park gate
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) hold the plant firm (c) carries water upward (d) grow under the ground
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream bounces onto a jug; the jug tickles a lemon; the lemon falls into a tent; the tent sings to a glass. Which item comes right before the tent? (a) glass (b) jug (c) tent (d) lemon
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) one key word per branch (c) ideas with no links (d) details on small twigs
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror chases an ant; the ant crashes into a parrot; the parrot sits on a pillow; the pillow rolls into a guava. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) ant (b) parrot (c) mirror (d) guava
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant mango chases a wallet; the wallet sits on a kite; the kite falls into a rope; the rope crashes into an ant. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ant (b) wallet (c) rope (d) kite
- 13.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) skin
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe rolls into a goat; the goat crashes into a bucket; the bucket falls into a sock; the sock sings to an anchor. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) anchor (b) sock (c) goat (d) shoe
- 16.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a rose by the TV, a van by the dining table, a vase by the sofa, an umbrella by the bed, a tiger by the kitchen. Where did you place the vase? (a) dining table (b) bed (c) TV (d) sofa
- 18.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) book (b) elephant (c) sleep (d) cloud
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tent by the kitchen, a ladder by the TV, a drum by the sofa, a shoe by the shoe rack, an anchor by the dining table. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) anchor (b) tent (c) shoe (d) drum
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 23.🗣️ 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
- 24.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 25.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 26.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) harder to keep
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) rice (b) key (c) cloud (d) cat
- 30.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a plain grey box (c) a far-off still tree (d) a list of words only
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) aai (c) kitaab (d) machhli
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a flute by the classroom door, a jug by the blackboard, a van by the stairs, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) jug (b) bucket (c) nest (d) flute
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) feel rough or smooth (c) see colours (d) read words
- 35.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it saves ink (b) quick to see and recall (c) no reason (d) it looks empty
- 36.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
- 37.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make food using sunlight (c) carries food to parts (d) have tiny pores
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a list of words only
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) see shapes (b) hear a bell (c) hear voices (d) smell food
Answer key
- step 2
- keep linking in order
- False
- new words in a language
- flower
- False
- banyan tree
- carries water upward
- lemon
- ideas with no links
- parrot
- ant
- a strong picture
- eyes
- shoe
- True
- sofa
- sounds like the new word
- sleep
- step 4
- tent
- step 1
- step 3
- to keep the order
- a poor mind map
- True
- True
- easier to keep
- cat
- a strong picture
- a kite as big as a house
- kitaab
- bucket
- taste sweet
- quick to see and recall
- a funny, moving one
- step 2
- carries food to parts
- a list of words only
- see shapes
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