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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 2.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut pulls a sock; the sock falls into a tent; the tent tickles a flute; the flute sings to a monkey. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) coconut (b) flute (c) monkey (d) sock
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sight (b) touch (c) taste (d) smell
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) stem (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) roots
- 8.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a plain, still one (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
- 9.🗣️ 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
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a bus made of ice (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a kite as big as a house
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jug by the fruit cart, a kite by the slide, a cat by the park gate, a frog by the swing, a jeep by the bench. What did you place by the slide? (a) jeep (b) frog (c) kite (d) jug
- 12.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the date (b) your name (c) the main topic (d) a small detail
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) stem (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) roots
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sits on an owl; the owl crashes into an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a wallet; the wallet rolls into an ant. Which item comes right after the owl? (a) owl (b) wallet (c) umbrella (d) ant
- 15.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 16.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a bus made of ice
- 17.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
- 18.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 19.🔗 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
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling jasmine (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) stroking soft fur
- 21.🔗 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
- 22.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 26.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it shows how ideas link (b) it needs no review (c) it hides the ideas (d) it is longer
- 27.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 28.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a far-off still tree (d) a kite as big as a house
- 29.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
- 31.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) flowers (d) roots
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 35.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a far-off still tree (c) a list of words only (d) a normal-sized cup
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a glass; the glass tickles a parrot; the parrot pulls a goat; the goat jumps over a jug. Which item comes right before the glass? (a) glass (b) parrot (c) rose (d) goat
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a violin by the swing, an onion by the fruit cart, a ball by the slide, a vase by the park gate, a fan by the banyan tree. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) ball (b) fan (c) onion (d) violin
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) dola (c) machhli (d) chaand
- 40.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) quick to see and recall (b) it looks empty (c) no reason (d) it saves ink
Answer key
- replay the story
- choose a place you know
- hear the new word
- find a sound-alike word
- coconut
- smell
- leaves
- a funny, moving one
- find a sound-alike word
- a normal-sized cup
- kite
- the main topic
- leaves
- umbrella
- a good mind map
- a pale, tiny dot
- add more stops
- easier to keep
- link it to the next item
- stroking soft fur
- link it to the next item
- a strong picture
- a strong picture
- step 2
- step 3
- it shows how ideas link
- a weak picture
- a far-off still tree
- False
- sight
- step 2
- a weak picture
- stem
- step 4
- a frog wearing a crown
- step 1
- rose
- onion
- chaand
- quick to see and recall
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