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: smelling a stinky sock? (a) touch (b) sound (c) sight (d) smell
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) small doodles (c) ideas with no links (d) lines that link ideas
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a candle by the park gate, a violin by the swing, a parrot by the bench, a doll by the slide, a drum by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bench? (a) candle (b) doll (c) violin (d) parrot
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) attract bees (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) have tiny pores
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 9.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) taste (b) sound (c) touch (d) sight
- 10.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) means the same
- 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) long sentences (c) a colour for each branch (d) all in one colour
- 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 food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) turn into fruit
- 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 17.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a giant pink elephant (c) the word in small print (d) a blurry shape
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 19.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only once a year
- 20.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a mango that sings (c) a plain grey box (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 21.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sings to an urn; the urn tickles a radio; the radio rolls into a ball; the ball falls into a parrot. Which item comes right before the parrot? (a) urn (b) ball (c) radio (d) wallet
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella sings to a frog; the frog jumps over an ice cream; the ice cream sits on a coconut; the coconut pulls a lemon. Which item comes right after the ice cream? (a) ice cream (b) frog (c) lemon (d) coconut
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) make seeds
- 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting salty chips (b) stroking soft fur (c) watching fireworks (d) hearing a dog bark
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a radio by the sofa, a flute by the TV, an umpire by the dining table, a whistle by the kitchen, a drum by the shoe rack. Where did you place the radio? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) sofa
- 29.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 30.🗣️ 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
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) the word in small print (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a plain grey box
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon sits on an umpire; the umpire tickles a lamp; the lamp jumps over a cat; the cat chases a guava. Which item comes right after the cat? (a) guava (b) lemon (c) lamp (d) cat
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) see shapes (b) smell flowers (c) hear voices (d) taste salty
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) tongue (d) eyes
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries water upward (c) carries food to parts (d) grow under the ground
Answer key
- smell
- ideas with no links
- parrot
- step 4
- new words in a language
- put pictures at stops
- have tiny pores
- step 1
- sound
- sounds like the new word
- step 3
- step 1
- a colour for each branch
- turn into fruit
- step 4
- picture the first item
- a giant pink elephant
- link it to the next item
- yes, with new pictures
- a mango that sings
- False
- fix stops in order
- ball
- coconut
- make seeds
- choose a place you know
- stroking soft fur
- sofa
- hear the new word
- link it to the meaning
- choose a place you know
- a funny, moving one
- a giant pink elephant
- the word’s meaning
- a strong picture
- guava
- a good mind map
- hear voices
- eyes
- grow under the ground
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