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: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a candle by the slide, an orange by the fruit cart, a cat by the swing, a goat by the banyan tree, a glass by the park gate. Where did you place the glass? (a) slide (b) fruit cart (c) park gate (d) banyan tree
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) ped (c) chaabi (d) machhli
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in the centre (c) a colour for each branch (d) small doodles
- 4.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
- 5.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) the word in small print (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) attract bees (d) grow under the ground
- 9.🔗 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
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 12.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) stroking soft fur (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) tasting salty chips (d) tasting bitter karela
- 13.🗣️ 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
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make seeds (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
- 15.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 16.True or false: “ideas with no links” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) ears (b) tongue (c) skin (d) eyes
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) book (b) table (c) water (d) cat
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jug by the gate, an urn by the sofa, a doll by the shoe rack, a tiger by the door, a jalebi by the TV. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) gate (b) sofa (c) shoe rack (d) TV
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll crashes into a cat; the cat tickles an umpire; the umpire pulls an owl; the owl bounces onto a coconut. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) umpire (b) cat (c) owl (d) doll
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) taste (b) sound (c) sight (d) smell
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum falls into a flute; the flute pulls a tent; the tent rolls into a rose; the rose chases a vase. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) vase (b) tent (c) flute (d) drum
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 30.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a far-off still tree (c) a bus made of ice (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaand” means moon. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 32.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only for numbers
- 33.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) smelling wet earth (c) hands in icy water (d) watching fireworks
- 36.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 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 keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 39.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see shapes” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔗 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
Answer key
- park gate
- machhli
- all in one colour
- a funny, moving one
- True
- keep linking in order
- the word in small print
- grow under the ground
- picture the first item
- choose a place you know
- step 4
- seeing a red kite fly
- link it to the meaning
- make seeds
- a strong picture
- False
- ears
- table
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- TV
- owl
- step 1
- a weak picture
- smell
- step 4
- step 3
- flute
- step 1
- a far-off still tree
- a CHANDelier on the moon
- yes, with new pictures
- False
- the method of loci
- watching fireworks
- True
- link it to the meaning
- the word’s meaning
- True
- step 2
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