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.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) useless
- 2.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a dull white wall (c) a mango that sings (d) a giant pink elephant
- 3.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a pencil that dances (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a kite as big as a house
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 6.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 7.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) taste (b) touch (c) sound (d) smell
- 8.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) copying a whole page (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in a corner
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) one key word per branch (d) topic in the centre
- 10.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 11.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 12.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) each link leads on (c) it rhymes (d) stories are short
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) taste sour (b) read words (c) taste sweet (d) hear voices
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the shoe rack, an ant by the door, a frog by the sofa, an ice cream by the TV, a ladder by the gate. Where did you place the frog? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) TV (d) door
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug falls into a radio; the radio bounces onto an ant; the ant rolls into a jalebi; the jalebi crashes into a wallet. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) ant (b) jalebi (c) jug (d) wallet
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) make seeds (c) turn into fruit (d) have tiny pores
- 18.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a mango that sings (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a far-off still tree
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana rolls into a frog; the frog sits on a jalebi; the jalebi tickles an umbrella; the umbrella pulls a radio. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) jalebi (b) radio (c) banana (d) frog
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) the word in small print (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a far-off still tree
- 23.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a blurry shape (c) a list of words only (d) a kite as big as a house
- 24.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
- 25.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) it comes back alone (c) you get an extra item (d) nothing changes
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) roots (d) leaves
- 27.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a plain box
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) hold the plant firm (c) make food using sunlight (d) take in water from soil
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) tongue (d) eyes
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mirror by the door, a key by the sofa, an ant by the TV, a pencil by the shoe rack, an igloo by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) key (b) pencil (c) mirror (d) igloo
- 33.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) make it small and plain (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) haathi (c) paay (d) chaabi
- 36.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) numbers
- 37.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a giant pink elephant (d) the word in small print
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror sings to a kite; the kite jumps over a candle; the candle rolls into an umpire; the umpire pulls an igloo. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umpire (b) igloo (c) candle (d) kite
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) school (b) cloud (c) moon (d) tree
- 40.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) frame it (c) redraw it from memory (d) throw it away
Answer key
- easier to keep
- a dull white wall
- a pale, tiny dot
- step 1
- step 3
- later today and tomorrow
- smell
- lines that link ideas
- tiny, cramped writing
- a funny, moving one
- new words in a language
- each link leads on
- hear voices
- sofa
- sounds like the new word
- jalebi
- have tiny pores
- a mango that sings
- choose a place you know
- jalebi
- the word’s meaning
- a frog wearing a crown
- a kite as big as a house
- the pen stirring tea
- that item is lost
- roots
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- make food using sunlight
- step 2
- skin
- step 2
- mirror
- make it big and funny
- put pictures at stops
- chaabi
- funny actions
- a giant pink elephant
- umpire
- cloud
- redraw it from memory
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