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: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) sight (c) taste (d) touch
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a shoe by the bus stop, an orange by the banyan tree, an anchor by the fruit cart, a guava by the park gate, an umbrella by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) shoe (b) anchor (c) guava (d) orange
- 3.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) useless
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 5.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 7.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket sits on a kettle; the kettle jumps over a fan; the fan bounces onto a sock; the sock falls into a duck. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) sock (b) bucket (c) fan (d) kettle
- 9.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) nothing at all (c) a bird leaving a cage (d) the letters only
- 10.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) sight (b) sound (c) taste (d) smell
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) stem
- 12.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) it saves ink (c) quick to see and recall (d) no reason
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) paani (c) phool (d) paay
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) paani (c) aai (d) shala
- 16.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
- 17.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔗 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
- 19.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) take in water from soil (c) turn into fruit (d) hold the plant firm
- 22.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) have tiny pores (c) hold the plant firm (d) carries food to parts
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) mez (c) billi (d) neend
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) stem
- 26.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a far-off still tree (c) the word in small print (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 28.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) each link leads on (d) it rhymes
- 29.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) both the same (d) the pen stirring tea
- 30.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hands in icy water (b) smelling wet earth (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) tasting salty chips
- 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 33.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a MAZE on a table (c) water in a PAN (d) a DOLL with big eyes
- 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 37.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) touch
- 38.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) sleep (b) elephant (c) nose (d) mother
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- sight
- anchor
- easier to keep
- fix stops in order
- replay the story
- step 4
- a weak picture
- kettle
- a bird leaving a cage
- taste
- stem
- quick to see and recall
- step 3
- phool
- paani
- a funny, moving one
- False
- link it to the next item
- True
- a fish lighting a MATCH
- holds up the leaves
- later today and tomorrow
- hold the plant firm
- neend
- roots
- funny actions
- a frog wearing a crown
- each link leads on
- the pen stirring tea
- smelling wet earth
- a weak picture
- find a sound-alike word
- picture the first item
- choose a place you know
- a DOLL with big eyes
- a BATTLE in the clouds
- sight
- fix stops in order
- elephant
- link it to the meaning
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