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.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) flower (b) fish (c) school (d) eye
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) ped (c) sakhar (d) aai
- 3.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 4.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 6.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 8.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
- 9.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) harder to keep (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) feel a light touch (b) smell flowers (c) hear voices (d) see shapes
- 12.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) smelling wet earth (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a drum boom (d) watching fireworks
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 15.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a bird leaving a cage (b) nothing at all (c) a blank page (d) the letters only
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) foot (b) moon (c) key (d) sleep
- 17.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) never again
- 18.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange sits on a drum; the drum falls into a rose; the rose jumps over a spoon; the spoon tickles a ladder. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) rose (b) orange (c) drum (d) spoon
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sits on a nest; the nest falls into a ladder; the ladder crashes into a jug; the jug chases a sock. Which item comes right after the ladder? (a) nest (b) lamp (c) jug (d) ladder
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) stem (d) leaves
- 23.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) your name (c) the main topic (d) the date
- 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear voices” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) tongue (d) eyes
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a list of words only (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 29.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) lines that link ideas (c) long sentences (d) ideas with no links
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) baadal (c) sakhar (d) paani
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio chases an ant; the ant sings to a jeep; the jeep tickles a jalebi; the jalebi crashes into an inkpot. Which item comes right after the jeep? (a) jeep (b) radio (c) jalebi (d) inkpot
- 33.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an ant by the bench, a guava by the slide, a vase by the park gate, a mango by the fruit cart, a rose by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) vase (b) ant (c) mango (d) rose
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) long sentences (d) small doodles
- 36.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a plain grey box
- 37.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) the word in small print (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a sock that smells awful
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 39.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
Answer key
- school
- phool
- new words in a language
- True
- step 4
- yes, with new pictures
- step 1
- each link leads on
- easier to keep
- a CHANDelier on the moon
- hear voices
- funny actions
- hearing a drum boom
- keep linking in order
- a bird leaving a cage
- key
- later today and tomorrow
- a funny, moving one
- fix stops in order
- spoon
- jug
- leaves
- the main topic
- step 3
- ears
- a frog wearing a crown
- step 3
- step 1
- lines that link ideas
- sakhar
- sounds like the new word
- jalebi
- a poor mind map
- rose
- long sentences
- a plain grey box
- the word in small print
- step 1
- a strong picture
- step 2
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