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.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) billi (c) aam (d) naak
- 2.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) words are useless (b) they are boring (c) images stick better (d) they need no attention
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon bounces onto a tent; the tent tickles a lemon; the lemon sits on a guava; the guava chases a cat. Which item comes right after the spoon? (a) cat (b) lemon (c) guava (d) tent
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) hold the plant firm (c) green, flat and thin (d) carries water upward
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) touch (b) sound (c) taste (d) smell
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) touch (c) sound (d) sight
- 9.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) rocket (c) elephant (d) honesty
- 10.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) guess (c) start from nowhere (d) read a new list
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) make food using sunlight (c) turn into fruit (d) carries food to parts
- 12.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a whistle (d) watching fireworks
- 13.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) taste (c) smell (d) sound
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a cat by the school gate, an igloo by the stairs, a guava by the notice board, an umbrella by the classroom door, a watch by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the notice board? (a) cat (b) igloo (c) umbrella (d) guava
- 16.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hands in icy water (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hearing a dog bark
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a shoe by the banyan tree, a frog by the park gate, a ball by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the bus stop, a mango by the post box. What did you place by the post box? (a) shoe (b) ball (c) frog (d) mango
- 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 20.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a plain grey box (c) a pencil that dances (d) a normal-sized cup
- 22.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 23.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the sofa, a flute by the shoe rack, a tiger by the door, a needle by the TV, a violin by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) pillow (b) flute (c) needle (d) tiger
- 27.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) touch
- 28.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see shapes” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) fish (b) moon (c) mother (d) table
- 31.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) drawing maps (c) adding sums (d) new words in a language
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 33.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) long sentences (c) topic in the centre (d) topic in a corner
- 34.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) I AM eating a mango (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 35.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen stirring tea (c) neither (d) the pen near a cup
- 36.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) redraw it from memory (c) colour it again (d) frame it
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) roots (d) flowers
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a radio by the park gate, a duck by the banyan tree, a rope by the post box, a cat by the fruit cart, a tiger by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rope (b) duck (c) tiger (d) radio
- 39.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a pencil that dances
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot sits on a jeep; the jeep tickles a needle; the needle sings to a shoe; the shoe bounces onto a pillow. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) jeep (b) shoe (c) needle (d) parrot
Answer key
- billi
- images stick better
- step 2
- tent
- carries water upward
- taste
- keep linking in order
- sight
- honesty
- replay the story
- make food using sunlight
- feeling a prickly cactus
- fix stops in order
- sight
- guava
- True
- hearing a dog bark
- mango
- a monkey in a BAND
- True
- a pencil that dances
- a poor mind map
- one you know very well
- step 1
- picture the first item
- tiger
- smell
- True
- step 4
- mother
- new words in a language
- a weak picture
- topic in the centre
- Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- the pen stirring tea
- redraw it from memory
- leaves
- rope
- a pale, tiny dot
- parrot
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