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.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) take in water from soil (c) make seeds (d) grow under the ground
- 2.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) ideas with no links
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a far-off still tree (d) a giant pink elephant
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) rocket (c) elephant (d) honesty
- 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 7.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a list of words only (c) a mango that sings (d) a pencil that dances
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) its spelling backwards
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 11.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) keep it still (c) make it small and plain (d) make it big and funny
- 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 15.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sound (d) sight
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a coconut by the stairs, a monkey by the classroom door, an onion by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the school gate, a watch by the notice board. Where did you place the watch? (a) school gate (b) notice board (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a bucket by the gate, a candle by the sofa, an ant by the door, a rope by the shoe rack, a mirror by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) mirror (b) bucket (c) candle (d) rope
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant key crashes into a radio; the radio sings to a vase; the vase bounces onto a bucket; the bucket falls into a frog. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) radio (b) frog (c) bucket (d) vase
- 19.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umbrella by the kitchen, a ball by the dining table, a jalebi by the sofa, a goat by the TV, an owl by the shoe rack. Where did you place the ball? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 22.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a pencil that dances
- 24.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sits on a nest; the nest rolls into a coconut; the coconut crashes into a radio. Which item comes right after the anchor? (a) coconut (b) radio (c) rose (d) nest
- 26.🗣️ 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
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 28.🔗 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
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) sight (c) taste (d) smell
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) details on small twigs (c) topic in the centre (d) lines that link ideas
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) hold the plant firm (c) make food using sunlight (d) take in water from soil
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a CHUBBY key
- 37.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) redraw it from memory (b) colour it again (c) frame it (d) throw it away
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 39.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) words are useless (b) images stick better (c) they need no attention (d) they are boring
- 40.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) guess (d) replay the story
Answer key
- make seeds
- ideas with no links
- a far-off still tree
- hear the new word
- honesty
- step 1
- a list of words only
- fix stops in order
- the word’s meaning
- put pictures at stops
- make it big and funny
- choose a place you know
- link it to the next item
- step 2
- smell
- notice board
- bucket
- vase
- step 3
- dining table
- a weak picture
- True
- a pale, tiny dot
- False
- nest
- sounds like the new word
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- sight
- copying a whole page
- make food using sunlight
- link it to the meaning
- step 4
- link it to the meaning
- picture the first item
- a CHUBBY key
- redraw it from memory
- step 3
- images stick better
- replay the story
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