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 is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 2.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) never again (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 4.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
- 5.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) the letters only (c) a bird leaving a cage (d) a blank page
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) ears
- 7.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) touch (c) sight (d) smell
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle crashes into a rope; the rope falls into a bucket; the bucket chases a glass; the glass sits on a violin. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) candle (b) rope (c) violin (d) bucket
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest chases a watch; the watch crashes into a parrot; the parrot sings to a bucket; the bucket tickles a jalebi. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) watch (b) parrot (c) nest (d) bucket
- 11.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) the pen near a cup (d) both the same
- 12.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 13.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔗 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
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) table (b) mother (c) monkey (d) sugar
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 18.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) details on small twigs (c) all in one colour (d) long sentences
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kettle by the bench, a drum by the park gate, a ball by the fruit cart, a shoe by the swing, an apple by the slide. Where did you place the shoe? (a) fruit cart (b) slide (c) park gate (d) swing
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 21.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a bus made of ice (c) a far-off still tree (d) a dull white wall
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a radio by the notice board, a parrot by the school gate, an owl by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the classroom door, a wallet by the stairs. What did you place by the school gate? (a) wallet (b) duck (c) radio (d) parrot
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bus made of ice (d) a plain grey box
- 24.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket sits on a pillow; the pillow tickles a tomato; the tomato falls into an igloo; the igloo pulls an inkpot. Which item comes right after the bucket? (a) igloo (b) pillow (c) bucket (d) inkpot
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 27.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
- 28.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) copying a whole page (c) details on small twigs (d) long sentences
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sour” go on? (a) eyes (b) ears (c) tongue (d) nose
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato chases an umpire; the umpire jumps over an inkpot; the inkpot crashes into an owl; the owl sits on a fan. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) umpire (b) fan (c) inkpot (d) tomato
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) paay (c) billi (d) haathi
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) nose (b) school (c) rice (d) table
- 35.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) copying a whole page (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) lines that link ideas
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) topic in the centre (c) ideas with no links (d) lines that link ideas
- 37.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) the word in small print (c) a blurry shape (d) a mango that sings
- 38.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
- 40.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a bus made of ice (c) a mango that sings (d) a pencil that dances
Answer key
- a giant pink elephant
- later today and tomorrow
- step 2
- each link leads on
- a bird leaving a cage
- eyes
- sound
- the word’s meaning
- violin
- parrot
- the pen stirring tea
- a weak picture
- False
- picture the first item
- sugar
- put pictures at stops
- the method of loci
- details on small twigs
- swing
- step 3
- a bus made of ice
- parrot
- a plain grey box
- a DOLL with big eyes
- pillow
- step 1
- a funny, moving one
- replay the story
- details on small twigs
- tongue
- step 4
- umpire
- haathi
- school
- copying a whole page
- ideas with no links
- a mango that sings
- False
- one you know very well
- a list of words only
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