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 keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 2.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 4.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a small grey dot (c) a plain box (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a sock by the banyan tree, a rope by the swing, a jug by the park gate, a key by the post box, a ball by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jug (b) rope (c) ball (d) sock
- 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste salty (b) hear a bell (c) smell flowers (d) taste sour
- 8.True or false: “tiny, cramped writing” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it grey (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) turn into fruit (b) hold the plant firm (c) carries food to parts (d) green, flat and thin
- 13.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) the pen near a cup
- 14.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hearing a dog bark
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut pulls an orange; the orange crashes into a duck; the duck rolls into a drum; the drum sits on a candle. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) coconut (b) drum (c) candle (d) orange
- 17.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it hides the ideas (b) it is longer (c) it needs no review (d) it shows how ideas link
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) hearing a dog bark (c) hands in icy water (d) smelling jasmine
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) lines that link ideas (c) ideas with no links (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) smell food (b) see colours (c) feel rough or smooth (d) smell flowers
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) touch (b) smell (c) sight (d) taste
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 24.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) elephant (c) rocket (d) honesty
- 25.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) colours only
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) nose (d) ears
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a mirror by the blackboard, an umpire by the classroom door, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the notice board, a wallet by the stairs. Where did you place the umpire? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) notice board
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a whistle by the bus stop, an orange by the park gate, a coconut by the fruit cart, a net by the banyan tree, an owl by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) net (b) owl (c) orange (d) coconut
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) nose (b) moon (c) rice (d) tree
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) skin (d) nose
- 31.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 32.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear a bell” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) read words (b) feel a light touch (c) hear a bell (d) taste salty
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tent by the playground, a drum by the library, an owl by the blackboard, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the classroom door. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) goat (b) lamp (c) tent (d) owl
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 36.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) smell food (b) taste sour (c) feel hot and cold (d) hear a bell
- 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BAT made of rice (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 40.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- step 1
- that item is lost
- step 3
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- sock
- a weak picture
- smell flowers
- True
- make it big and funny
- step 2
- step 2
- turn into fruit
- the pen stirring tea
- True
- hearing a dog bark
- drum
- it shows how ideas link
- fix stops in order
- smelling jasmine
- lines that link ideas
- feel rough or smooth
- smell
- step 1
- honesty
- funny actions
- nose
- classroom door
- owl
- rice
- eyes
- taste
- False
- taste salty
- lamp
- a poor mind map
- a good mind map
- hear a bell
- an elephant with HOT tea
- step 4
- False
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