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.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) eyes (b) skin (c) nose (d) tongue
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) haathi (c) dola (d) neend
- 4.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) see shapes (b) taste salty (c) feel rough or smooth (d) feel a light touch
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a far-off still tree (d) a bus made of ice
- 10.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) it saves ink (c) it looks empty (d) quick to see and recall
- 11.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 12.🔗 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
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) mez (c) ped (d) neend
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a pencil by the dining table, a sock by the TV, a bucket by the door, a guava by the sofa, a glass by the shoe rack. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) sock (b) guava (c) pencil (d) glass
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 16.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) the main topic (c) the date (d) a small detail
- 17.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 19.🗣️ 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
- 20.🗣️ 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
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a wallet by the library, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a candle by the playground, a jalebi by the classroom door, a monkey by the blackboard. What did you place by the playground? (a) wallet (b) parrot (c) candle (d) monkey
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) smelling wet earth (b) seeing a glowing star (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 24.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) too slow (c) easier to keep (d) useless
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sweet” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) ears
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) copying a whole page (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) small doodles
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) fish (b) flower (c) sugar (d) cloud
- 28.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a dull white wall (c) a far-off still tree (d) a sock that smells awful
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “read words” go on? (a) tongue (b) skin (c) ears (d) eyes
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 32.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) details on small twigs (c) one key word per branch (d) small doodles
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) take in water from soil (d) green, flat and thin
- 34.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
- 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) I NEED sleep
- 36.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 37.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) the word in small print (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a giant pink elephant
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) ideas with no links (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) long sentences
- 39.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- a good mind map
- nose
- aam
- a strong picture
- see shapes
- step 2
- fix stops in order
- one you know very well
- a bus made of ice
- quick to see and recall
- smell
- picture the first item
- ped
- glass
- step 1
- the main topic
- a poor mind map
- step 4
- link it to the meaning
- step 3
- candle
- put pictures at stops
- smelling wet earth
- easier to keep
- tongue
- small doodles
- flower
- choose a place you know
- a sock that smells awful
- eyes
- step 3
- tiny, cramped writing
- take in water from soil
- the method of loci
- a CHUBBY key
- a weak picture
- the word in small print
- details on small twigs
- True
- step 2
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