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 of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) ideas with no links (c) topic in the centre (d) details on small twigs
- 2.🗣️ 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
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella tickles a mango; the mango sings to a guava; the guava bounces onto a pencil; the pencil jumps over a needle. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) guava (b) needle (c) mango (d) umbrella
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava falls into a sock; the sock rolls into a fan; the fan jumps over a kettle; the kettle crashes into a jalebi. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) jalebi (b) guava (c) fan (d) kettle
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) smell flowers (b) hear voices (c) hear a bell (d) see colours
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) carries water upward (c) make food using sunlight (d) make seeds
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) read words (b) hear music (c) see colours (d) taste sour
- 9.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 12.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) smell (b) sound (c) touch (d) sight
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a candle by the teacher’s desk, a tomato by the stairs, a lamp by the school gate, a kite by the classroom door, a needle by the notice board. What did you place by the school gate? (a) lamp (b) kite (c) tomato (d) needle
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
- 16.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 19.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a list of words only (d) a normal-sized cup
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jeep by the library, a guava by the blackboard, a glass by the playground, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the classroom door. What did you place by the playground? (a) jeep (b) glass (c) doll (d) inkpot
- 22.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a dull white wall (d) a plain grey box
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a key by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the stairs, a net by the classroom door, an umpire by the notice board, a rope by the blackboard. What did you place by the notice board? (a) net (b) fan (c) umpire (d) key
- 24.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a banana by the dining table, an anchor by the sofa, a nest by the door, a bucket by the shoe rack, a frog by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) nest (b) bucket (c) frog (d) anchor
- 27.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 29.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) stories are short (c) each link leads on (d) it uses numbers
- 30.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 31.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 32.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) guess (d) replay the story
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a dull white wall (c) a list of words only (d) a normal-sized cup
- 34.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) easier to keep (c) useless (d) harder to keep
- 35.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) I AM eating a mango (c) I NEED sleep (d) a KNOCK on the nose
- 36.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 37.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a giant rainbow umbrella (b) a plain box (c) a small grey dot (d) the word “umbrella”
- 38.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a watch by the playground, a lemon by the blackboard, a nest by the library, a flute by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the classroom door. Where did you place the lemon? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) playground (d) blackboard
- 40.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
Answer key
- ideas with no links
- link it to the meaning
- guava
- jalebi
- smell flowers
- step 3
- take in water from soil
- hear music
- to keep the order
- a tree on a note PAD
- fix stops in order
- sight
- lamp
- fix stops in order
- the word’s meaning
- True
- step 2
- step 1
- True
- a bright red flying cow
- glass
- a laughing tiffin box
- umpire
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- frog
- a good mind map
- step 3
- each link leads on
- a weak picture
- one you know very well
- replay the story
- a kite as big as a house
- easier to keep
- a book in a KIT bag
- a sock that smells awful
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- step 4
- blackboard
- hear the new word
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