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 memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) hands in icy water (c) tasting bitter karela (d) hearing a drum boom
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste salty” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) ears (d) skin
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) have tiny pores (c) attract bees (d) turn into fruit
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 7.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) smelling jasmine (c) stroking soft fur (d) tasting raw mango
- 8.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a list of words only (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a bright red flying cow
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) taste salty (b) feel rough or smooth (c) see shapes (d) hear a bell
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an apple by the dining table, a guava by the shoe rack, an urn by the TV, an anchor by the sofa, a jalebi by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) apple (b) jalebi (c) anchor (d) guava
- 12.🔗 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
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a van by the kitchen, an inkpot by the sofa, a tent by the shoe rack, a cat by the TV, a monkey by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) inkpot (b) van (c) tent (d) cat
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 16.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the main topic (b) your name (c) a small detail (d) the date
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
- 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 20.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a list of words only (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 21.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) easier to keep (c) harder to keep (d) useless
- 22.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 23.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) small doodles (c) details on small twigs (d) topic in a corner
- 24.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) new words in a language (c) long numbers (d) drawing maps
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) aai (c) ped (d) chaand
- 26.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a dull white wall (c) the word in small print (d) a bus made of ice
- 27.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin falls into an anchor; the anchor bounces onto a spoon; the spoon pulls a goat; the goat sings to a kite. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) kite (b) spoon (c) anchor (d) violin
- 30.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant bounces onto a vase; the vase crashes into a shoe; the shoe rolls into a jeep; the jeep tickles a duck. Which item comes right before the shoe? (a) duck (b) shoe (c) vase (d) jeep
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) attract bees (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) stem (d) flowers
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) neend (b) billi (c) kitaab (d) machhli
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 36.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see shapes” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗣️ 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
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket bounces onto a fan; the fan falls into a drum; the drum jumps over a frog; the frog rolls into an ant. Which item comes right after the fan? (a) ant (b) frog (c) drum (d) fan
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) cat (b) sleep (c) sugar (d) moon
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a parrot by the stairs, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the classroom door, a vase by the blackboard, a whistle by the notice board. What did you place by the notice board? (a) parrot (b) vase (c) ice cream (d) whistle
Answer key
- tasting bitter karela
- sound
- the word’s meaning
- tongue
- holds up the leaves
- find a sound-alike word
- smelling jasmine
- a bright red flying cow
- step 4
- see shapes
- anchor
- step 2
- step 3
- cat
- link it to the meaning
- the main topic
- step 3
- to keep the order
- a CHUBBY key
- a laughing tiffin box
- easier to keep
- keep linking in order
- topic in a corner
- new words in a language
- ped
- a bus made of ice
- link it to the next item
- a strong picture
- anchor
- True
- vase
- attract bees
- roots
- machhli
- stem
- True
- link it to the meaning
- drum
- sugar
- whistle
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