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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a net by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the stairs, a jug by the notice board, a violin by the classroom door, an ice cream by the school gate. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) jug (b) lamp (c) net (d) ice cream
- 3.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) long sentences (b) small doodles (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in a corner
- 4.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) never again (d) after a year
- 5.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a far-off still tree (c) a bus made of ice (d) a bright red flying cow
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 9.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) I AM eating a mango (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a PIE under your foot
- 10.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 13.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) the word in small print (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a normal-sized cup
- 14.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) copying a whole page (c) long sentences (d) details on small twigs
- 15.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) the word “umbrella”
- 16.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 17.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a mango that sings (c) a pencil that dances (d) a plain grey box
- 18.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 19.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
- 20.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 23.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a bus made of ice (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a sock that smells awful
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 25.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a pencil that dances (c) a list of words only (d) a dull white wall
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle falls into a needle; the needle pulls a parrot; the parrot crashes into a lamp; the lamp jumps over a mango. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) needle (b) mango (c) whistle (d) parrot
- 27.🔗 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
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) tasting bitter karela (c) hearing a dog bark (d) tasting raw mango
- 30.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a blurry shape (d) a sock that smells awful
- 32.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sits on a vase; the vase rolls into a pencil; the pencil sings to a net; the net bounces onto a guava. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) needle (b) guava (c) net (d) vase
- 34.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a flower in a POOL (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- 35.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is spelled the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is always in Hindi
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) feel a light touch (b) hear music (c) smell food (d) see colours
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 40.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) that item is lost (c) you get an extra item (d) nothing changes
Answer key
- replay the story
- net
- small doodles
- later today and tomorrow
- each link leads on
- a far-off still tree
- the word’s meaning
- a weak picture
- I AM eating a mango
- True
- funny actions
- step 3
- a laughing tiffin box
- details on small twigs
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- choose a place you know
- a plain grey box
- step 2
- the method of loci
- a good mind map
- find a sound-alike word
- step 3
- the word in small print
- step 2
- a pencil that dances
- whistle
- link it to the next item
- step 4
- seeing a glowing star
- a weak picture
- a blurry shape
- True
- net
- a KNOCK on the nose
- True
- keep linking in order
- sounds like the new word
- hear music
- keep linking in order
- that item is lost
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