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 detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make food using sunlight (c) have tiny pores (d) grow under the ground
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 5.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) long sentences
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries water upward (c) have tiny pores (d) carries food to parts
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 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 memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 10.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) smell (b) sound (c) taste (d) sight
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) have tiny pores (b) carries food to parts (c) make food using sunlight (d) hold the plant firm
- 13.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) ears (b) tongue (c) nose (d) eyes
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umbrella by the fruit cart, a violin by the post box, a whistle by the bus stop, a sock by the park gate, an onion by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umbrella (b) violin (c) onion (d) sock
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) details on small twigs (d) copying a whole page
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) make seeds (b) hold the plant firm (c) have tiny pores (d) carries water upward
- 19.🗣️ 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
- 20.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a bus made of ice (d) a dull white wall
- 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) school (b) table (c) fish (d) tree
- 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a far-off still tree (c) a plain grey box (d) a sock that smells awful
- 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 26.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see colours” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) carries food to parts (c) holds up the leaves (d) carries water upward
- 28.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) lines that link ideas (d) ideas with no links
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant van pulls a watch; the watch falls into an umpire; the umpire jumps over a banana; the banana sits on a duck. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) duck (b) watch (c) umpire (d) banana
- 30.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 31.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 32.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
- 33.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a far-off still tree
- 34.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling jasmine (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) tasting salty chips (d) hearing a whistle
- 35.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) bhaat (c) paani (d) sakhar
- 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
Answer key
- grow under the ground
- keep linking in order
- a strong picture
- step 4
- long sentences
- have tiny pores
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- sound
- a weak picture
- hold the plant firm
- the method of loci
- nose
- violin
- fix stops in order
- details on small twigs
- have tiny pores
- link it to the meaning
- a dull white wall
- step 3
- fish
- keep linking in order
- a sock that smells awful
- link it to the next item
- False
- turn into fruit
- lines that link ideas
- watch
- a cat paying a BILL
- a plain grey box
- new words in a language
- a far-off still tree
- tasting salty chips
- funny actions
- step 1
- paani
- find a sound-alike word
- link it to the next item
- later today and tomorrow
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