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 kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) sleep (b) fish (c) mother (d) foot
- 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jalebi by the banyan tree, an orange by the fruit cart, a ladder by the bus stop, a fan by the post box, a candle by the park gate. Where did you place the ladder? (a) park gate (b) bus stop (c) post box (d) banyan tree
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl crashes into an igloo; the igloo chases a kettle; the kettle rolls into a nest; the nest sits on a glass. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) nest (b) owl (c) glass (d) kettle
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase bounces onto a doll; the doll pulls an umpire; the umpire chases a ball; the ball sits on a flute. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) ball (b) vase (c) umpire (d) doll
- 9.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) small doodles (c) ideas with no links (d) lines that link ideas
- 10.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel hot and cold” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paay (b) aam (c) phool (d) chaand
- 12.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a candle by the fruit cart, an igloo by the park gate, an umbrella by the bus stop, a drum by the banyan tree, a whistle by the post box. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) bus stop (d) banyan tree
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut bounces onto an igloo; the igloo chases a lamp; the lamp crashes into a cat; the cat rolls into a rope. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) lamp (b) cat (c) coconut (d) rope
- 15.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a bus made of ice (d) a dull white wall
- 16.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) topic in a corner (c) long sentences (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 17.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 19.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) you get an extra item (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 21.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) the pen near a cup
- 22.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
- 23.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) small doodles (c) one key word per branch (d) all in one colour
- 24.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) carries water upward (c) green, flat and thin (d) make food using sunlight
- 27.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) to make it longer (c) it looks nice (d) no reason
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) taste sour (c) smell flowers (d) hear music
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck falls into a spoon; the spoon bounces onto a shoe; the shoe tickles a jeep; the jeep sings to a rope. Which item comes right before the jeep? (a) rope (b) spoon (c) jeep (d) shoe
- 30.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it big and funny (c) make it small and plain (d) make it grey
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 32.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a pencil that dances (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle pulls a sock; the sock sings to an onion; the onion jumps over a jalebi; the jalebi rolls into a watch. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) jalebi (b) onion (c) sock (d) watch
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) lines that link ideas (c) a colour for each branch (d) ideas with no links
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a list of words only (d) a sock that smells awful
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) ped (c) dola (d) kitaab
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) details on small twigs (c) small doodles (d) topic in the centre
Answer key
- False
- choose a place you know
- sleep
- step 3
- choose a place you know
- bus stop
- glass
- vase
- ideas with no links
- True
- paay
- True
- bus stop
- rope
- a bus made of ice
- details on small twigs
- each link leads on
- I AM eating a mango
- that item is lost
- step 4
- the pen stirring tea
- later today and tomorrow
- all in one colour
- smell
- stem
- carries water upward
- to keep the order
- hear music
- shoe
- make it big and funny
- find a sound-alike word
- a list of words only
- jalebi
- put pictures at stops
- a weak picture
- hear the new word
- ideas with no links
- a sock that smells awful
- bandar
- long sentences
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