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.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) aai (c) phool (d) bhaat
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an owl by the kitchen, a monkey by the sofa, a sock by the bed, a vase by the dining table, an apple by the TV. What did you place by the bed? (a) sock (b) owl (c) monkey (d) vase
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) small doodles (c) all in one colour (d) ideas with no links
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umbrella by the notice board, a candle by the classroom door, an onion by the stairs, an apple by the blackboard, an igloo by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) igloo (b) onion (c) umbrella (d) candle
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umbrella by the park gate, a frog by the slide, a doll by the fruit cart, a tiger by the bench, an orange by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tiger (b) orange (c) frog (d) umbrella
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) hold the plant firm (d) have tiny pores
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon crashes into a jeep; the jeep rolls into a van; the van bounces onto a ladder; the ladder falls into a rose. Which item comes right before the van? (a) lemon (b) ladder (c) van (d) jeep
- 9.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a plain grey box (c) a bus made of ice (d) the word in small print
- 10.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) details on small twigs (c) lines that link ideas (d) long sentences
- 11.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant chases a pillow; the pillow tickles a needle; the needle pulls a spoon; the spoon sits on an umbrella. Which item comes right after the pillow? (a) pillow (b) needle (c) spoon (d) umbrella
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 15.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it uses numbers (d) it rhymes
- 16.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 17.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaand (c) naak (d) haathi
- 19.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) dola (c) naak (d) ped
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 23.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) the letters only (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) a blank page (d) nothing at all
- 24.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) both the same
- 25.🔗 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
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose rolls into an onion; the onion sits on an inkpot; the inkpot falls into a duck; the duck sings to a banana. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) duck (b) rose (c) inkpot (d) onion
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sound (b) taste (c) sight (d) touch
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) tongue (b) skin (c) eyes (d) ears
- 30.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 31.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see colours” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sound (b) taste (c) smell (d) sight
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) key (b) table (c) cloud (d) mother
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 37.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 38.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a candle by the TV, a parrot by the bed, an igloo by the kitchen, a coconut by the sofa, a pencil by the dining table. Where did you place the candle? (a) dining table (b) sofa (c) bed (d) TV
- 40.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) colours only (c) numbers (d) plain lists
Answer key
- flowers
- bhaat
- sock
- small doodles
- umbrella
- umbrella
- hold the plant firm
- jeep
- a bus made of ice
- long sentences
- add more stops
- step 1
- needle
- step 3
- each link leads on
- the method of loci
- a poor mind map
- haathi
- replay the story
- link it to the meaning
- aam
- step 1
- a bird leaving a cage
- the pen stirring tea
- link it to the next item
- a strong picture
- rose
- sight
- skin
- a strong picture
- False
- True
- step 3
- smell
- mother
- picture the first item
- new words in a language
- step 3
- TV
- funny actions
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