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.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a far-off still tree (c) a bus made of ice (d) a dull white wall
- 3.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 4.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) each link leads on (c) stories are short (d) it uses numbers
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a ball by the park gate, a lamp by the banyan tree, a rose by the swing, a net by the slide, a jeep by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) jeep (b) rose (c) ball (d) lamp
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog rolls into a sock; the sock tickles a van; the van sings to a lemon; the lemon jumps over a duck. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) frog (b) sock (c) van (d) lemon
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) the word’s meaning (d) its spelling backwards
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) it saves ink (c) no reason (d) quick to see and recall
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch rolls into a guava; the guava tickles a key; the key bounces onto a net; the net sings to a pencil. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) key (b) watch (c) pencil (d) net
- 12.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a whistle (b) tasting bitter karela (c) smelling wet earth (d) seeing a glowing star
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) hear voices (b) feel hot and cold (c) feel rough or smooth (d) taste salty
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) bandar (c) ped (d) kitaab
- 15.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) touch (b) sight (c) sound (d) smell
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a plain grey box (c) a far-off still tree (d) a pencil that dances
- 19.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a bright red flying cow (c) the word in small print (d) a normal-sized cup
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle pulls a vase; the vase falls into a drum; the drum rolls into a fan; the fan sings to a kettle. Which item comes right after the fan? (a) fan (b) drum (c) kettle (d) needle
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant mango sings to a sock; the sock tickles a guava; the guava rolls into a watch; the watch bounces onto an ice cream. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) guava (b) sock (c) watch (d) ice cream
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) have tiny pores (c) green, flat and thin (d) carries food to parts
- 23.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a cat by the kitchen, a jalebi by the dining table, a wallet by the sofa, an urn by the bed, a jug by the TV. Where did you place the cat? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) bed (d) dining table
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) carries food to parts (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
- 26.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) have tiny pores (c) hold the plant firm (d) make food using sunlight
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) hearing a dog bark (c) stroking soft fur (d) tasting raw mango
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a far-off still tree
- 31.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 34.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) a colour for each branch (c) topic in the centre (d) all in one colour
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) one key word per branch (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) topic in the centre
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) mango (b) cat (c) moon (d) flower
- 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) long sentences (c) all in one colour (d) one key word per branch
- 39.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 40.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
Answer key
- False
- a bus made of ice
- easier to keep
- each link leads on
- step 4
- ball
- van
- the word’s meaning
- a strong picture
- quick to see and recall
- key
- smelling wet earth
- hear voices
- ped
- smell
- choose a place you know
- hear the new word
- a pencil that dances
- a bright red flying cow
- kettle
- guava
- carries food to parts
- replay the story
- kitchen
- make seeds
- funny actions
- hold the plant firm
- a weak picture
- hearing a dog bark
- a bright red flying cow
- the method of loci
- step 2
- fix stops in order
- all in one colour
- tiny, cramped writing
- flower
- sounds like the new word
- one key word per branch
- a strong picture
- hear the new word
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