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 normal-sized cup” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) smell (c) touch (d) taste
- 4.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 7.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔗 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
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umbrella by the kitchen, a watch by the dining table, a vase by the shoe rack, a glass by the TV, a net by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) net (b) glass (c) vase (d) watch
- 11.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 12.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a pencil that dances (d) a dull white wall
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting raw mango (b) hearing a drum boom (c) smelling jasmine (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 14.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) stroking soft fur (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) smelling wet earth (d) smelling jasmine
- 15.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) sight (b) sound (c) taste (d) touch
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 18.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) cat (b) key (c) eye (d) book
- 20.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a dull white wall (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) tasting bitter karela (c) tasting salty chips (d) tasting raw mango
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a sock that smells awful (c) the word in small print (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a bus made of ice (d) a pencil that dances
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jeep by the banyan tree, a monkey by the fruit cart, an ice cream by the park gate, a nest by the swing, a van by the post box. Where did you place the nest? (a) post box (b) park gate (c) swing (d) banyan tree
- 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jeep by the post box, a radio by the swing, a pencil by the park gate, a ladder by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the banyan tree. Where did you place the ladder? (a) swing (b) post box (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a CHUBBY key
- 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 30.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) the word in small print (d) a giant pink elephant
- 32.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a dull white wall (c) a blurry shape (d) a pencil that dances
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle sings to a doll; the doll tickles a banana; the banana bounces onto an orange; the orange rolls into a goat. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) banana (b) whistle (c) goat (d) orange
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 35.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 36.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) copying a whole page (d) a colour for each branch
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 40.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- step 2
- smell
- False
- link it to the next item
- step 1
- False
- False
- link it to the next item
- vase
- the method of loci
- a dull white wall
- smelling jasmine
- seeing a red kite fly
- taste
- link it to the next item
- fix stops in order
- a poor mind map
- eye
- False
- a laughing tiffin box
- seeing a glowing star
- a sock that smells awful
- a pale, tiny dot
- swing
- hear the new word
- fruit cart
- a monkey in a BAND
- link it to the meaning
- True
- the word in small print
- a pencil that dances
- banana
- picture the first item
- step 2
- False
- a weak picture
- a colour for each branch
- step 1
- True
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