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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a flute by the post box, a guava by the banyan tree, a duck by the park gate, a doll by the fruit cart, a jug by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) doll (b) duck (c) jug (d) flute
- 2.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) read a new list
- 3.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
- 4.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 6.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a list of words only (d) a blurry shape
- 7.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 8.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) green, flat and thin
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a pencil by the swing, a parrot by the slide, a nest by the park gate, an inkpot by the fruit cart, a jeep by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) inkpot (d) jeep
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 14.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a pencil that dances (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange chases a kettle; the kettle bounces onto a monkey; the monkey crashes into an apple; the apple jumps over a nest. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) kettle (b) nest (c) orange (d) monkey
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mirror by the sofa, a monkey by the kitchen, a jalebi by the dining table, a sock by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) sock (b) mirror (c) doll (d) monkey
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) hands in icy water (c) hearing a whistle (d) watching fireworks
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) kitaab (c) chaand (d) dola
- 21.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) both the same (c) neither (d) the pen near a cup
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 23.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) roots (d) flowers
- 25.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) tongue (b) eyes (c) nose (d) skin
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) sound (b) sight (c) smell (d) touch
- 29.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sweet” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) tongue (d) ears
- 31.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a far-off still tree
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 33.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 34.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 36.🗣️ 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
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) copying a whole page (c) topic in a corner (d) one key word per branch
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make seeds (b) make food using sunlight (c) have tiny pores (d) green, flat and thin
- 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a BATTLE in the clouds
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
Answer key
- duck
- replay the story
- a funny, moving one
- False
- step 1
- a sock that smells awful
- yes, with new pictures
- new words in a language
- step 1
- choose a place you know
- green, flat and thin
- jeep
- picture the first item
- a normal-sized cup
- hear the new word
- monkey
- mirror
- choose a place you know
- hands in icy water
- phool
- the pen stirring tea
- step 4
- easier to keep
- leaves
- step 3
- put pictures at stops
- skin
- touch
- a poor mind map
- tongue
- a far-off still tree
- a weak picture
- the method of loci
- a weak picture
- hear the new word
- link it to the meaning
- one key word per branch
- make seeds
- a monkey in a BAND
- step 2
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