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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) roots (d) stem
- 3.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) the main topic (c) the date (d) your name
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) hold the plant firm (c) make seeds (d) carries food to parts
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) see colours (b) taste sour (c) hear voices (d) feel rough or smooth
- 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 8.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) start from nowhere (d) guess
- 9.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it shows how ideas link (b) it is longer (c) it hides the ideas (d) it needs no review
- 10.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe bounces onto an umbrella; the umbrella jumps over a drum; the drum chases an umpire; the umpire rolls into a van. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) van (b) drum (c) umpire (d) shoe
- 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog jumps over an umpire; the umpire falls into an igloo; the igloo sits on a fan; the fan sings to an anchor. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) anchor (b) fan (c) igloo (d) frog
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a monkey by the park gate, a violin by the bus stop, a kite by the post box, a nest by the banyan tree, a goat by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) goat (b) violin (c) monkey (d) nest
- 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 19.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) have tiny pores (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) touch (b) smell (c) taste (d) sight
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 25.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) the pen near a cup
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling wet earth (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) smelling jasmine (d) tasting salty chips
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste salty (b) feel hot and cold (c) smell flowers (d) feel a light touch
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a radio by the classroom door, an umbrella by the blackboard, a violin by the library, a van by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) van (b) umpire (c) umbrella (d) radio
- 29.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) turn into fruit (c) take in water from soil (d) green, flat and thin
- 31.🔗 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
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) sound (b) taste (c) smell (d) touch
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a dog bark (c) seeing a glowing star (d) smelling jasmine
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 37.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) no reason (c) quick to see and recall (d) it saves ink
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) kitaab (c) aam (d) phool
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 40.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) topic in a corner (c) topic in the centre (d) long sentences
Answer key
- a weak picture
- roots
- the main topic
- put pictures at stops
- carries food to parts
- feel rough or smooth
- hear the new word
- replay the story
- it shows how ideas link
- to keep the order
- van
- step 1
- anchor
- sounds like the new word
- step 4
- keep linking in order
- nest
- step 4
- that item is lost
- put pictures at stops
- carries food to parts
- sight
- step 3
- step 4
- the pen stirring tea
- tasting salty chips
- smell flowers
- van
- True
- take in water from soil
- link it to the next item
- touch
- seeing a glowing star
- stem
- step 1
- keep linking in order
- quick to see and recall
- phool
- step 3
- topic in the centre
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