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 sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) smell (c) sight (d) taste
- 2.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) touch (b) taste (c) smell (d) sight
- 4.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) ears (b) tongue (c) skin (d) eyes
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 10.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) the word in small print (c) a dull white wall (d) a giant pink elephant
- 12.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a dull white wall (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a kite as big as a house
- 14.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) long numbers (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste salty” go on? (a) nose (b) skin (c) ears (d) tongue
- 16.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) stem
- 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 20.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mirror by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, a cat by the kitchen, a jeep by the TV, a flute by the shoe rack. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) cat (b) mirror (c) goat (d) flute
- 22.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) too slow (c) easier to keep (d) harder to keep
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
- 25.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) details on small twigs (d) small doodles
- 27.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) the word in small print (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a far-off still tree
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a spoon by the stairs, an ant by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the classroom door, a nest by the blackboard, a kettle by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) kettle (b) ladder (c) ant (d) spoon
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an inkpot by the classroom door, an anchor by the notice board, a key by the blackboard, a tiger by the stairs, an owl by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) tiger (b) inkpot (c) key (d) owl
- 30.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 34.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a far-off still tree (d) a pencil that dances
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a banana by the banyan tree, a watch by the fruit cart, a sock by the park gate, a fan by the post box, a flute by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) watch (b) sock (c) banana (d) fan
- 36.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) book (b) school (c) key (d) flower
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) small doodles (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in the centre
- 39.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) the main topic (c) your name (d) the date
- 40.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
Answer key
- sound
- False
- sight
- to keep the order
- step 2
- step 2
- put pictures at stops
- ears
- step 1
- True
- a giant pink elephant
- a strong picture
- a dull white wall
- new words in a language
- tongue
- True
- roots
- step 4
- step 1
- fix stops in order
- flute
- easier to keep
- a strong picture
- sounds like the new word
- False
- tiny, cramped writing
- a laughing tiffin box
- ant
- key
- True
- replay the story
- find a sound-alike word
- step 3
- a far-off still tree
- banana
- hear the new word
- flower
- ideas with no links
- the main topic
- picture the first item
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