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 of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a plain grey box (d) a dull white wall
- 2.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaabi (c) sakhar (d) shala
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a far-off still tree (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a normal-sized cup
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a pencil that dances (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a blurry shape
- 9.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a plain, still one (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio jumps over a banana; the banana pulls a lamp; the lamp chases an ant; the ant crashes into a mango. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) lamp (b) mango (c) banana (d) radio
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 12.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn tickles a shoe; the shoe crashes into a spoon; the spoon pulls a radio; the radio falls into a key. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) spoon (b) shoe (c) urn (d) key
- 14.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 15.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) adding sums
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire crashes into a tiger; the tiger tickles a violin; the violin chases a goat; the goat falls into a coconut. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umpire (b) goat (c) coconut (d) tiger
- 17.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 18.🗺️ 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) holds up the leaves (d) grow under the ground
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a far-off still tree (c) the word in small print (d) a normal-sized cup
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 22.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) touch (b) taste (c) smell (d) sound
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ball by the TV, a monkey by the dining table, a kettle by the door, a glass by the shoe rack, an anchor by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) glass (b) monkey (c) ball (d) kettle
- 25.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a whistle (b) watching fireworks (c) stroking soft fur (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 26.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) turn into fruit (b) carries water upward (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 28.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 29.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 30.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) ideas with no links (c) long sentences (d) one key word per branch
- 32.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 34.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a flower in a POOL (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) a KNOCK on the nose
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) haathi (c) chaabi (d) ped
- 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) baadal (c) mez (d) kitaab
- 37.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) long sentences (c) a colour for each branch (d) details on small twigs
- 38.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) honesty (d) rocket
- 39.🔗 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
- 40.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
Answer key
- a laughing tiffin box
- True
- a good mind map
- shala
- put pictures at stops
- sounds like the new word
- a giant pink elephant
- a blurry shape
- a funny, moving one
- radio
- a strong picture
- the method of loci
- spoon
- yes, with new pictures
- new words in a language
- goat
- a strong picture
- holds up the leaves
- choose a place you know
- a kite as big as a house
- step 4
- True
- smell
- ball
- hearing a whistle
- one you know very well
- carries water upward
- a good mind map
- easier to keep
- False
- one key word per branch
- keep linking in order
- step 4
- a flower in a POOL
- chaabi
- kitaab
- long sentences
- honesty
- step 2
- a school in a SHAWL
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