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 sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) taste (b) sight (c) sound (d) touch
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 5.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) no, never (c) only once a year (d) only for numbers
- 6.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a far-off still tree (d) a pencil that dances
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) flower (b) book (c) monkey (d) eye
- 9.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sight (d) smell
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) all in one colour (c) details on small twigs (d) one key word per branch
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple falls into a fan; the fan rolls into a mirror; the mirror sings to an anchor; the anchor pulls a candle. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) anchor (b) mirror (c) fan (d) apple
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 15.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a plain grey box (c) the word in small print (d) a dull white wall
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 18.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a pencil that dances (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a list of words only
- 19.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a bus made of ice (d) a giant pink elephant
- 20.🗣️ 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
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a mirror by the blackboard, a mango by the library, a flute by the playground, a duck by the teacher’s desk, an anchor by the classroom door. Where did you place the duck? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) sounds like the new word (c) is spelled the same (d) means the same
- 23.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a giant pink elephant (c) the word in small print (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 24.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) smell (b) touch (c) sight (d) taste
- 25.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) make seeds (c) carries food to parts (d) holds up the leaves
- 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) taste
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) sound (b) smell (c) touch (d) taste
- 30.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) keep it still (c) make it big and funny (d) make it grey
- 31.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) cat (b) mother (c) fish (d) school
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a flute by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the blackboard, an ice cream by the library, an urn by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ice cream (b) flute (c) candle (d) urn
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a doll by the post box, an apple by the park gate, a lemon by the banyan tree, a shoe by the swing, an onion by the fruit cart. Where did you place the apple? (a) post box (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) banyan tree
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor pulls a banana; the banana chases a monkey; the monkey falls into a tomato; the tomato crashes into a vase. Which item comes right after the monkey? (a) banana (b) vase (c) anchor (d) tomato
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) carries food to parts (c) make food using sunlight (d) carries water upward
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) details on small twigs (c) small doodles (d) topic in a corner
- 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) water in a PAN (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- sound
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- keep linking in order
- yes, with new pictures
- False
- a far-off still tree
- book
- False
- smell
- all in one colour
- anchor
- step 4
- step 3
- a strong picture
- a kite as big as a house
- the word’s meaning
- a list of words only
- a pale, tiny dot
- find a sound-alike word
- teacher’s desk
- sounds like the new word
- a giant pink elephant
- touch
- funny actions
- make seeds
- step 2
- taste
- smell
- make it big and funny
- that item is lost
- fish
- urn
- step 2
- park gate
- tomato
- grow under the ground
- topic in a corner
- water in a PAN
- find a sound-alike word
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