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 sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) smell (b) touch (c) sight (d) taste
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an onion by the park gate, a pencil by the slide, a drum by the fruit cart, a jeep by the swing, a radio by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) drum (b) onion (c) jeep (d) pencil
- 5.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a normal-sized cup
- 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a blurry shape
- 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 12.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) both the same
- 13.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an ant by the stairs, a shoe by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door, a coconut by the library, a banana by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) shoe (b) frog (c) banana (d) ant
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) roots (d) stem
- 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 17.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 20.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) throw it away (c) frame it (d) redraw it from memory
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 22.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a sock that smells awful (c) the word in small print (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 23.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a dog bark (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting salty chips
- 24.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
- 25.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a drum boom (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) attract bees (c) holds up the leaves (d) grow under the ground
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) green, flat and thin (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) water in a PAN
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear music” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) eyes (d) nose
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a bucket by the stairs, an owl by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the blackboard, a jalebi by the library, a goat by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jalebi (b) goat (c) bucket (d) owl
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries water upward (d) have tiny pores
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut falls into a mango; the mango rolls into a rose; the rose pulls a net; the net bounces onto an apple. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) apple (b) net (c) mango (d) rose
- 34.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) hear a bell (b) smell food (c) read words (d) feel a light touch
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) nose (d) tongue
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 40.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
Answer key
- touch
- sounds like the new word
- step 3
- onion
- a normal-sized cup
- picture the first item
- keep linking in order
- step 3
- a bus made of ice
- find a sound-alike word
- fix stops in order
- the pen stirring tea
- a funny, moving one
- shoe
- leaves
- hear the new word
- a poor mind map
- step 2
- keep linking in order
- redraw it from memory
- a weak picture
- a sock that smells awful
- feeling a prickly cactus
- to keep the order
- hearing a drum boom
- attract bees
- carries food to parts
- a CHUBBY key
- step 4
- ears
- jalebi
- grow under the ground
- rose
- a weak picture
- smell food
- nose
- step 2
- find a sound-alike word
- step 1
- the method of loci
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