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 memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting salty chips
- 2.🔗 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
- 3.🔗 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
- 4.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it small and plain (c) make it big and funny (d) make it grey
- 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 6.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) stroking soft fur (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) smelling wet earth (d) hearing a whistle
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a bus made of ice (c) a pencil that dances (d) a kite as big as a house
- 8.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a sock by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the blackboard, an umpire by the library, a tent by the classroom door, a violin by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tent (b) duck (c) umpire (d) sock
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) each link leads on (c) it uses numbers (d) it rhymes
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sings to a rose; the rose rolls into a glass; the glass bounces onto a needle; the needle jumps over an onion. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) rose (b) onion (c) van (d) needle
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) see colours (b) taste sweet (c) see shapes (d) smell food
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries water upward (c) make seeds (d) make food using sunlight
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an onion by the classroom door, a key by the playground, a mango by the library, a radio by the blackboard, a jug by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) radio (b) jug (c) mango (d) key
- 18.🔗 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
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) turn into fruit (c) holds up the leaves (d) have tiny pores
- 20.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a jug by the park gate, a tomato by the slide, a needle by the banyan tree, a van by the fruit cart, an igloo by the swing. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) tomato (b) van (c) igloo (d) jug
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) long sentences (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) small doodles
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll sings to an apple; the apple sits on a sock; the sock chases an ant; the ant bounces onto a nest. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) apple (b) doll (c) ant (d) sock
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear voices” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) eyes (d) tongue
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 29.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep falls into a glass; the glass jumps over a needle; the needle pulls a jug; the jug sits on an ant. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ant (b) glass (c) jug (d) jeep
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) stem (b) leaves (c) roots (d) flowers
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) have tiny pores (d) turn into fruit
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 34.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a dull white wall (c) a bus made of ice (d) a plain grey box
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror falls into an anchor; the anchor crashes into a ladder; the ladder jumps over a kite; the kite sits on a drum. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) drum (b) anchor (c) ladder (d) kite
- 36.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 37.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) copying a whole page (c) long sentences (d) topic in a corner
- 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 40.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) the letters only (c) a blank page (d) a bird leaving a cage
Answer key
- hearing a dog bark
- link it to the next item
- picture the first item
- make it big and funny
- the method of loci
- hearing a whistle
- a blurry shape
- True
- tent
- a strong picture
- each link leads on
- step 2
- picture the first item
- van
- smell food
- make food using sunlight
- radio
- the pen stirring tea
- hold the plant firm
- new words in a language
- step 4
- van
- step 3
- small doodles
- sock
- ears
- step 1
- keep linking in order
- later today and tomorrow
- glass
- stem
- turn into fruit
- put pictures at stops
- a bus made of ice
- anchor
- hear the new word
- replay the story
- one key word per branch
- hear the new word
- a bird leaving a cage
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