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.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 2.True or false: “ideas with no links” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 4.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sound (d) sight
- 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) taste (b) sound (c) touch (d) sight
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe bounces onto an orange; the orange sings to a vase; the vase chases a tent; the tent falls into a candle. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) shoe (b) orange (c) vase (d) tent
- 8.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: lines that link ideas? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 9.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) colours only (c) plain lists (d) numbers
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat crashes into a vase; the vase sits on a goat; the goat falls into a nest; the nest tickles a duck. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) vase (b) cat (c) duck (d) nest
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a list of words only (d) a mango that sings
- 12.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) easier to keep (c) too slow (d) harder to keep
- 13.🗺️ 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) carries water upward
- 14.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see shapes” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a pencil that dances (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a bus made of ice
- 16.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) smelling wet earth (c) hearing a whistle (d) watching fireworks
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a flute by the post box, an ant by the park gate, an orange by the banyan tree, a ladder by the bus stop, a whistle by the fruit cart. Where did you place the whistle? (a) bus stop (b) fruit cart (c) post box (d) park gate
- 18.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger falls into a duck; the duck rolls into a ball; the ball jumps over a doll; the doll tickles a pillow. Which item comes right before the pillow? (a) ball (b) doll (c) duck (d) pillow
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 21.🗣️ 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
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ball by the shoe rack, a kettle by the door, a needle by the TV, a coconut by the sofa, a net by the dining table. What did you place by the door? (a) ball (b) net (c) needle (d) kettle
- 24.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it hides the ideas (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it is longer
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet crashes into a fan; the fan falls into an umpire; the umpire bounces onto a tent; the tent sings to a coconut. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) wallet (b) tent (c) coconut (d) umpire
- 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 28.🗣️ 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
- 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
- 30.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) the main topic (c) the date (d) your name
- 31.🔗 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
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see shapes (b) feel hot and cold (c) hear a bell (d) taste sweet
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl bounces onto a bucket; the bucket falls into a kettle; the kettle sits on a tent; the tent sings to a guava. Which item comes right after the owl? (a) tent (b) kettle (c) bucket (d) guava
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 37.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sight (b) touch (c) smell (d) taste
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire bounces onto a rope; the rope falls into an anchor; the anchor pulls a ladder; the ladder jumps over a whistle. Which item comes right after the anchor? (a) ladder (b) anchor (c) umpire (d) whistle
- 39.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) chaabi (c) mez (d) neend
Answer key
- the word’s meaning
- False
- step 1
- smell
- sound
- step 4
- shoe
- a good mind map
- funny actions
- duck
- a list of words only
- easier to keep
- carries water upward
- False
- the word in small print
- hearing a whistle
- fruit cart
- False
- doll
- step 1
- hear the new word
- find a sound-alike word
- kettle
- it shows how ideas link
- coconut
- link it to the next item
- find a sound-alike word
- link it to the meaning
- sounds like the new word
- the main topic
- picture the first item
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- taste sweet
- bucket
- step 1
- smell
- ladder
- True
- phool
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