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.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion chases a tiger; the tiger sings to a duck; the duck jumps over a guava; the guava tickles a tent. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) duck (b) onion (c) guava (d) tiger
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a needle by the teacher’s desk, a net by the classroom door, an ant by the library, a pencil by the blackboard, a cat by the playground. Where did you place the needle? (a) playground (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) library
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream falls into a monkey; the monkey bounces onto a frog; the frog rolls into an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over an orange. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) inkpot (b) monkey (c) orange (d) frog
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose bounces onto a monkey; the monkey rolls into a duck; the duck pulls a ball; the ball sits on a candle. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) ball (b) monkey (c) candle (d) rose
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin falls into a van; the van sings to an urn; the urn bounces onto a key; the key crashes into a frog. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) key (b) van (c) violin (d) frog
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) long sentences (d) all in one colour
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 13.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) it comes back alone (c) nothing changes (d) you get an extra item
- 14.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a plain grey box (c) a pencil that dances (d) a bus made of ice
- 16.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) drawing maps (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
- 18.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella jumps over a candle; the candle chases a mirror; the mirror rolls into a sock; the sock crashes into a ball. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) sock (b) umbrella (c) candle (d) mirror
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a blurry shape (c) a bus made of ice (d) a bright red flying cow
- 21.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) hold the plant firm (c) take in water from soil (d) turn into fruit
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) haathi (c) baadal (d) paay
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) nose (c) foot (d) mango
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) bhaat (c) haathi (d) aai
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting salty chips (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) hands in icy water (d) hearing a drum boom
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass sits on a duck; the duck tickles a watch; the watch rolls into an owl; the owl jumps over a cat. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) cat (b) glass (c) watch (d) duck
- 31.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 33.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 34.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it grey (c) make it small and plain (d) make it big and funny
- 37.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a pencil that dances (c) the word in small print (d) a bright red flying cow
- 38.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a blurry shape (c) a bus made of ice (d) a giant pink elephant
- 40.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
Answer key
- tiger
- teacher’s desk
- frog
- link it to the meaning
- step 3
- candle
- step 1
- frog
- keep linking in order
- a colour for each branch
- fix stops in order
- step 2
- that item is lost
- True
- a plain grey box
- False
- new words in a language
- one you know very well
- sock
- a blurry shape
- True
- turn into fruit
- step 2
- step 2
- haathi
- key
- chaabi
- a strong picture
- smelling a stinky sock
- glass
- False
- taste
- step 4
- easier to keep
- choose a place you know
- make it big and funny
- the word in small print
- False
- a blurry shape
- hear the new word
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