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 goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) make seeds (c) take in water from soil (d) turn into fruit
- 2.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it grey (c) make it big and funny (d) keep it still
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 5.🗣️ 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
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a duck by the door, a tiger by the dining table, a van by the shoe rack, a drum by the sofa, a banana by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) duck (b) tiger (c) van (d) drum
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ball by the sofa, a candle by the TV, a tomato by the kitchen, a sock by the dining table, a frog by the shoe rack. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) ball (b) frog (c) tomato (d) candle
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) have tiny pores (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
- 10.🔗 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
- 11.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a mango that sings (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) shala (c) chaabi (d) chaand
- 13.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a parrot by the kitchen, an ice cream by the sofa, a coconut by the dining table, an inkpot by the bed, a radio by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) radio (b) coconut (c) parrot (d) ice cream
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 16.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) images stick better (b) words are useless (c) they need no attention (d) they are boring
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) eye (b) foot (c) mango (d) moon
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 19.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) phool (c) paay (d) chaabi
- 21.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 22.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) turn into fruit (c) make seeds (d) take in water from soil
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent crashes into an orange; the orange tickles a goat; the goat pulls a net; the net bounces onto a whistle. Which item comes right before the whistle? (a) orange (b) net (c) goat (d) whistle
- 27.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 28.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a mango that sings (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey bounces onto a flute; the flute sits on a violin; the violin pulls an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a guava. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) monkey (c) violin (d) guava
- 31.🗣️ 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
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) sound (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
- 33.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
- 34.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
- 35.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) that item is lost (c) nothing changes (d) you get an extra item
- 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) taste (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) watching fireworks (b) hearing a drum boom (c) smelling jasmine (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 40.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
Answer key
- carries food to parts
- make it big and funny
- choose a place you know
- flowers
- step 3
- hear the new word
- tiger
- frog
- grow under the ground
- link it to the next item
- a pale, tiny dot
- chaand
- to keep the order
- radio
- picture the first item
- images stick better
- moon
- step 1
- a BAT made of rice
- chaabi
- funny actions
- one you know very well
- step 2
- step 1
- take in water from soil
- net
- a weak picture
- a mango that sings
- step 3
- violin
- find a sound-alike word
- taste
- add more stops
- the method of loci
- that item is lost
- a book in a KIT bag
- leaves
- smell
- hearing a drum boom
- hear the new word
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