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 step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 2.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a whistle (d) hearing a dog bark
- 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant bounces onto a tomato; the tomato sits on an igloo; the igloo falls into an orange; the orange tickles a tiger. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) tiger (b) ant (c) tomato (d) orange
- 6.🔗 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
- 7.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) paay (c) ped (d) billi
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) carries water upward
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) small doodles (c) ideas with no links (d) all in one colour
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 15.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 17.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 18.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 20.🔗 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
- 21.🗣️ 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
- 22.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 23.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) read a new list (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) chaabi (c) kitaab (d) mez
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rope by the slide, a pillow by the fruit cart, a ladder by the park gate, a drum by the banyan tree, a candle by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rope (b) candle (c) pillow (d) ladder
- 26.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a giant rainbow umbrella (b) a small grey dot (c) a plain box (d) the word “umbrella”
- 27.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a normal-sized cup (c) the word in small print (d) a kite as big as a house
- 28.True or false: “tiny, cramped writing” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 31.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) the word in small print (c) a bus made of ice (d) a dull white wall
- 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 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 story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) mother (b) key (c) sugar (d) book
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) hear a bell (b) see colours (c) read words (d) feel rough or smooth
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
- 39.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot sits on a jeep; the jeep jumps over a kite; the kite sings to a duck; the duck falls into a whistle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) kite (b) whistle (c) jeep (d) duck
Answer key
- step 1
- seeing a glowing star
- step 4
- find a sound-alike word
- tomato
- link it to the next item
- True
- paay
- step 3
- green, flat and thin
- a strong picture
- small doodles
- step 4
- keep linking in order
- False
- a good mind map
- a weak picture
- fix stops in order
- step 4
- that item is lost
- hear the new word
- step 2
- replay the story
- chaabi
- pillow
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a kite as big as a house
- False
- step 1
- sounds like the new word
- a bus made of ice
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- picture the first item
- mother
- step 3
- feel rough or smooth
- sight
- False
- jeep
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