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 step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
- 3.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot falls into a guava; the guava crashes into a rope; the rope pulls a lemon; the lemon tickles a jalebi. Which item comes right after the inkpot? (a) inkpot (b) jalebi (c) guava (d) rope
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) make food using sunlight (c) hold the plant firm (d) make seeds
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon rolls into a coconut; the coconut falls into an umpire; the umpire jumps over a violin; the violin sings to a ball. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) umpire (b) lemon (c) coconut (d) ball
- 7.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 8.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 10.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🗣️ 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
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) grow under the ground (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
- 13.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sight (b) taste (c) smell (d) sound
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest chases a bucket; the bucket rolls into a tomato; the tomato pulls an onion; the onion tickles a jeep. Which item comes right after the nest? (a) tomato (b) onion (c) bucket (d) jeep
- 15.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sight (d) sound
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a flute by the swing, a parrot by the park gate, an umpire by the fruit cart, a key by the bench, a shoe by the slide. What did you place by the bench? (a) shoe (b) key (c) parrot (d) flute
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant sings to an orange; the orange chases a violin; the violin tickles an ice cream; the ice cream pulls a guava. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) ice cream (b) ant (c) orange (d) guava
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting salty chips? (a) taste (b) touch (c) smell (d) sight
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting bitter karela
- 21.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) colour it again (c) redraw it from memory (d) frame it
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 23.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an onion by the swing, a wallet by the park gate, a kettle by the fruit cart, a van by the banyan tree, a tomato by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) van (b) wallet (c) kettle (d) tomato
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a mirror by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the sofa, a glass by the dining table, a banana by the door, a parrot by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jalebi (b) glass (c) mirror (d) banana
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a mango that sings
- 29.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a bus made of ice (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a list of words only
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) holds up the leaves (c) turn into fruit (d) carries water upward
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) read words (c) smell smoke (d) hear music
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon crashes into a kite; the kite sits on a jeep; the jeep pulls a nest; the nest sings to a banana. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) nest (b) kite (c) banana (d) lemon
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion falls into a wallet; the wallet pulls a kettle; the kettle rolls into a shoe; the shoe crashes into a jug. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) onion (b) shoe (c) kettle (d) wallet
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) chaand (c) ped (d) kitaab
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a dull white wall (c) a far-off still tree (d) a kite as big as a house
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a sock that smells awful
- 38.🏰 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
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) tasting raw mango (d) tasting bitter karela
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sings to an anchor; the anchor falls into a candle; the candle bounces onto a tent; the tent tickles a nest. Which item comes right before the nest? (a) candle (b) van (c) tent (d) nest
Answer key
- step 4
- to keep the order
- new words in a language
- guava
- hold the plant firm
- umpire
- the method of loci
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- True
- link it to the meaning
- grow under the ground
- sound
- bucket
- True
- touch
- key
- orange
- taste
- tasting bitter karela
- redraw it from memory
- step 2
- link it to the meaning
- wallet
- banana
- a strong picture
- step 3
- a pale, tiny dot
- a list of words only
- turn into fruit
- smell smoke
- kite
- wallet
- chaand
- a kite as big as a house
- step 4
- a pale, tiny dot
- fix stops in order
- feeling a prickly cactus
- tent
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