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 branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) roots (d) stem
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) aam (c) mez (d) sakhar
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) nose
- 6.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) to keep the order (c) no reason (d) it looks nice
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make food using sunlight (c) carries food to parts (d) turn into fruit
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) skin (d) eyes
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) eyes (d) nose
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a watch by the shoe rack, a glass by the door, a vase by the sofa, an urn by the gate, a needle by the TV. What did you place by the sofa? (a) glass (b) needle (c) urn (d) vase
- 11.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 12.🗣️ 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
- 13.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) skip 5 items (c) use no route (d) add more stops
- 14.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 16.🗺️ 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
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock rolls into a vase; the vase chases an umpire; the umpire tickles a monkey; the monkey jumps over an ant. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) umpire (b) monkey (c) sock (d) ant
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle crashes into a candle; the candle pulls an apple; the apple tickles a kite; the kite sits on a monkey. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) monkey (b) kite (c) apple (d) candle
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) take in water from soil (c) carries water upward (d) grow under the ground
- 20.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) sight (b) taste (c) touch (d) sound
- 21.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a far-off still tree (c) a bus made of ice (d) a blurry shape
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a dull white wall (c) a plain grey box (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn sits on an ant; the ant tickles a tent; the tent sings to a rope; the rope rolls into an onion. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) rope (b) onion (c) tent (d) urn
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an ant by the park gate, a violin by the fruit cart, a goat by the banyan tree, a banana by the post box, a doll by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) banana (b) goat (c) ant (d) doll
- 28.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) I AM eating a mango
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 30.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) tree (b) book (c) key (d) water
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) mango (b) book (c) fish (d) water
- 33.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey chases a mango; the mango rolls into a parrot; the parrot sits on a lemon; the lemon sings to a ladder. Which item comes right after the monkey? (a) ladder (b) mango (c) lemon (d) monkey
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow chases a rope; the rope falls into a banana; the banana sings to an owl; the owl tickles an urn. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) owl (b) rope (c) urn (d) pillow
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make seeds (b) have tiny pores (c) take in water from soil (d) carries food to parts
- 37.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) details on small twigs (c) topic in the centre (d) one key word per branch
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 39.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bus made of ice (d) a mango that sings
- 40.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) honesty (c) elephant (d) banana
Answer key
- leaves
- sakhar
- step 2
- step 2
- skin
- to keep the order
- turn into fruit
- ears
- eyes
- vase
- a bird leaving a cage
- find a sound-alike word
- add more stops
- True
- replay the story
- take in water from soil
- monkey
- apple
- carries water upward
- taste
- a bus made of ice
- fix stops in order
- a bright red flying cow
- a strong picture
- rope
- a weak picture
- goat
- an elephant with HOT tea
- step 4
- step 1
- water
- mango
- a strong picture
- mango
- rope
- take in water from soil
- all in one colour
- roots
- a list of words only
- honesty
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