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 detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) attract bees (c) make seeds (d) make food using sunlight
- 2.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) too slow
- 3.🗣️ 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
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a pencil that dances
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a sock by the sofa, a guava by the kitchen, a nest by the TV, a shoe by the dining table, a frog by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) guava (b) shoe (c) sock (d) nest
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 8.🗣️ 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
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) carries water upward (c) make food using sunlight (d) holds up the leaves
- 10.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 12.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) long numbers (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
- 13.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a mango that sings (d) a dull white wall
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) have tiny pores (c) carries water upward (d) carries food to parts
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 16.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) hearing a whistle (c) tasting raw mango (d) stroking soft fur
- 17.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) no reason
- 18.🔗 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
- 19.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) watching fireworks (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) smelling jasmine
- 22.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 25.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 26.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) all in one colour (c) topic in a corner (d) a colour for each branch
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling jasmine (c) hands in icy water (d) watching fireworks
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope bounces onto a kettle; the kettle pulls a lamp; the lamp jumps over a jug; the jug sits on a frog. Which item comes right before the jug? (a) lamp (b) frog (c) jug (d) kettle
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 32.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a plain grey box (c) a mango that sings (d) a dull white wall
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) tongue (b) skin (c) eyes (d) nose
- 34.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) long sentences (c) topic in a corner (d) all in one colour
- 37.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot jumps over an anchor; the anchor chases a key; the key pulls a monkey; the monkey bounces onto an ice cream. Which item comes right after the anchor? (a) anchor (b) ice cream (c) inkpot (d) key
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) long sentences (c) one key word per branch (d) small doodles
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) hearing a whistle (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting salty chips
Answer key
- make food using sunlight
- easier to keep
- hear the new word
- sounds like the new word
- a pale, tiny dot
- nest
- step 2
- find a sound-alike word
- grow under the ground
- True
- a weak picture
- new words in a language
- a dull white wall
- have tiny pores
- picture the first item
- tasting raw mango
- to keep the order
- link it to the next item
- funny actions
- one you know very well
- watching fireworks
- a strong picture
- step 1
- step 2
- a weak picture
- a colour for each branch
- hands in icy water
- step 4
- step 3
- lamp
- step 3
- a mango that sings
- eyes
- False
- True
- lines that link ideas
- the pen stirring tea
- key
- long sentences
- tasting salty chips
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