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 pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting bitter karela (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting salty chips
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) lines that link ideas (c) small doodles (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 5.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 6.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a CHUBBY key
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the pomodoro
- 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 12.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) it saves ink (c) quick to see and recall (d) no reason
- 13.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) easier to keep (c) too slow (d) harder to keep
- 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) water in a PAN (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) aai (c) paay (d) dola
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) stem (d) roots
- 17.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant falls into a needle; the needle chases an orange; the orange rolls into a cat; the cat pulls a rose. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) ant (b) needle (c) orange (d) cat
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make seeds (b) take in water from soil (c) green, flat and thin (d) carries food to parts
- 20.🗺️ 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) grow under the ground (d) make seeds
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) smelling wet earth (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) tasting salty chips
- 22.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) start from nowhere (d) read a new list
- 23.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in a corner (c) lines that link ideas (d) ideas with no links
- 24.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a far-off still tree
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an anchor by the blackboard, a whistle by the stairs, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the notice board, a vase by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) lemon (b) vase (c) whistle (d) anchor
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) holds up the leaves (c) make food using sunlight (d) carries water upward
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “read words” go on? (a) nose (b) skin (c) eyes (d) ears
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a tent by the slide, a vase by the banyan tree, a banana by the swing, a sock by the park gate, a rope by the fruit cart. Where did you place the vase? (a) banyan tree (b) swing (c) park gate (d) slide
- 29.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 30.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) the letters only (c) nothing at all (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 32.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) chaand (c) baadal (d) bandar
- 34.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) words are useless (b) images stick better (c) they are boring (d) they need no attention
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 38.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) it comes back alone
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) ears (d) eyes
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
Answer key
- False
- seeing a glowing star
- put pictures at stops
- tiny, cramped writing
- the pen stirring tea
- a KNOCK on the nose
- fix stops in order
- the method of loci
- step 2
- step 2
- picture the first item
- quick to see and recall
- easier to keep
- a cat paying a BILL
- haathi
- roots
- one you know very well
- needle
- take in water from soil
- make seeds
- feeling a prickly cactus
- replay the story
- lines that link ideas
- a far-off still tree
- lemon
- make food using sunlight
- eyes
- banyan tree
- to keep the order
- a bird leaving a cage
- the word’s meaning
- add more stops
- bandar
- images stick better
- put pictures at stops
- a weak picture
- step 4
- that item is lost
- ears
- step 1
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