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.🗣️ In Hindi, “mez” means table. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a MAZE on a table (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 2.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) each link leads on (c) stories are short (d) it rhymes
- 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) grow under the ground (c) turn into fruit (d) take in water from soil
- 5.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) the date (c) a small detail (d) the main topic
- 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) foot (b) nose (c) tree (d) moon
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) green, flat and thin (c) grow under the ground (d) hold the plant firm
- 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 9.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) an elephant with HOT tea (b) I NEED sleep (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 11.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hands in icy water (b) watching fireworks (c) tasting salty chips (d) tasting raw mango
- 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 15.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 17.True or false: “long sentences” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 19.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) copying a whole page (b) ideas with no links (c) one key word per branch (d) topic in a corner
- 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 21.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 22.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 23.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an orange by the school gate, a jeep by the notice board, a nest by the classroom door, an umpire by the stairs, a kite by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) jeep (b) umpire (c) orange (d) nest
- 27.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) grow under the ground (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
- 30.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) easier to keep (c) useless (d) harder to keep
- 31.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a bus made of ice
- 32.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) I AM eating a mango
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 34.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel rough or smooth” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a far-off still tree (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a pencil that dances
- 36.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) table (b) water (c) cat (d) mango
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) smell (c) sight (d) touch
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting raw mango (c) seeing a glowing star (d) watching fireworks
Answer key
- a MAZE on a table
- each link leads on
- link it to the next item
- turn into fruit
- the main topic
- moon
- green, flat and thin
- picture the first item
- I NEED sleep
- step 2
- watching fireworks
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- hear the new word
- False
- keep linking in order
- False
- step 3
- one key word per branch
- keep linking in order
- to keep the order
- funny actions
- new words in a language
- put pictures at stops
- the method of loci
- jeep
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- carries water upward
- easier to keep
- a normal-sized cup
- a cat paying a BILL
- choose a place you know
- False
- a far-off still tree
- True
- cat
- sound
- step 4
- tasting raw mango
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