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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tomato by the classroom door, a drum by the notice board, a duck by the school gate, a tent by the stairs, a frog by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the duck? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) school gate (d) classroom door
- 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) make seeds (c) hold the plant firm (d) grow under the ground
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) carries water upward (d) green, flat and thin
- 8.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle crashes into a wallet; the wallet sits on a sock; the sock bounces onto a nest; the nest rolls into a tiger. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) tiger (b) candle (c) wallet (d) nest
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut chases a jug; the jug pulls a rose; the rose bounces onto a van; the van falls into an igloo. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) coconut (b) rose (c) igloo (d) jug
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) smell food (b) hear voices (c) see shapes (d) read words
- 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling wet earth (b) hearing a drum boom (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) watching fireworks
- 14.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) nose (b) mother (c) flower (d) elephant
- 16.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 18.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) copying a whole page (c) small doodles (d) long sentences
- 19.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 20.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) ideas with no links (c) lines that link ideas (d) copying a whole page
- 22.🗣️ 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
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror jumps over a tiger; the tiger falls into a guava; the guava bounces onto a banana; the banana tickles a pencil. Which item comes right after the tiger? (a) mirror (b) banana (c) tiger (d) guava
- 24.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) ideas with no links (d) small doodles
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a blurry shape (c) a bus made of ice (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jug by the shoe rack, a bucket by the sofa, an anchor by the door, a needle by the dining table, an umbrella by the TV. Where did you place the bucket? (a) shoe rack (b) TV (c) door (d) sofa
- 28.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) guess
- 29.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) copying a whole page (c) lines that link ideas (d) all in one colour
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 32.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 33.🏰 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
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is spelled the same
- 35.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ice cream by the TV, a bucket by the gate, a lamp by the sofa, an umpire by the door, a radio by the shoe rack. Where did you place the lamp? (a) TV (b) shoe rack (c) gate (d) sofa
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) shala (c) dola (d) bandar
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) ears (d) skin
Answer key
- a strong picture
- school gate
- step 3
- hear the new word
- make seeds
- put pictures at stops
- carries water upward
- yes, with new pictures
- wallet
- jug
- hear voices
- step 2
- watching fireworks
- True
- flower
- one you know very well
- hear the new word
- small doodles
- the pen stirring tea
- False
- lines that link ideas
- link it to the meaning
- guava
- ideas with no links
- a bus made of ice
- step 3
- sofa
- replay the story
- False
- lines that link ideas
- link it to the next item
- funny actions
- choose a place you know
- sounds like the new word
- False
- put pictures at stops
- a good mind map
- sofa
- bandar
- skin
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