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.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) all in one colour (c) topic in the centre (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) taste salty (c) hear voices (d) see colours
- 7.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting salty chips (b) smelling jasmine (c) tasting bitter karela (d) hands in icy water
- 8.True or false: “long sentences” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) touch (b) sight (c) smell (d) taste
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a kite as big as a house
- 11.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) turn into fruit (c) green, flat and thin (d) make seeds
- 13.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) book (b) elephant (c) nose (d) mango
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) bhaat (c) naak (d) paay
- 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 17.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a pencil that dances (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a far-off still tree
- 18.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 20.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) long sentences (c) small doodles (d) lines that link ideas
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kite by the bench, an urn by the park gate, a jalebi by the fruit cart, a needle by the slide, a cat by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) urn (b) needle (c) jalebi (d) cat
- 23.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a bus made of ice (c) a mango that sings (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 24.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) it rhymes (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
- 25.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) tasting salty chips (c) tasting bitter karela (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a parrot by the shoe rack, a coconut by the kitchen, a candle by the dining table, an igloo by the TV, a tent by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) parrot (b) candle (c) tent (d) coconut
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog rolls into an onion; the onion tickles a cat; the cat sits on a coconut; the coconut jumps over a mango. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) onion (b) mango (c) frog (d) coconut
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a net by the TV, a cat by the shoe rack, a parrot by the sofa, an anchor by the door, an orange by the dining table. Where did you place the parrot? (a) shoe rack (b) dining table (c) sofa (d) door
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle pulls an inkpot; the inkpot falls into a lamp; the lamp crashes into a monkey; the monkey rolls into a bucket. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) kettle (b) monkey (c) inkpot (d) bucket
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent falls into a ladder; the ladder bounces onto a jug; the jug rolls into a flute; the flute chases a candle. Which item comes right after the ladder? (a) candle (b) jug (c) flute (d) ladder
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 35.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a far-off still tree (d) a bright red flying cow
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) make food using sunlight (c) attract bees (d) make seeds
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll pulls an ice cream; the ice cream bounces onto a vase; the vase crashes into a ladder; the ladder sits on a wallet. Which item comes right before the vase? (a) vase (b) ice cream (c) doll (d) ladder
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting salty chips (c) smelling wet earth (d) hearing a dog bark
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling wet earth (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hearing a dog bark (d) feeling a prickly cactus
Answer key
- put pictures at stops
- step 3
- a weak picture
- topic in the centre
- step 2
- taste salty
- smelling jasmine
- False
- taste
- a pale, tiny dot
- False
- green, flat and thin
- new words in a language
- nose
- paay
- find a sound-alike word
- a pencil that dances
- False
- the word’s meaning
- True
- long sentences
- jalebi
- a pale, tiny dot
- each link leads on
- True
- step 3
- smelling a stinky sock
- coconut
- mango
- sofa
- keep linking in order
- inkpot
- jug
- hear the new word
- a far-off still tree
- leaves
- grow under the ground
- ice cream
- tasting salty chips
- feeling a prickly cactus
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