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 sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) smell (b) sound (c) sight (d) touch
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) attract bees (c) have tiny pores (d) turn into fruit
- 4.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 6.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 11.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) never again
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries food to parts (c) make food using sunlight (d) hold the plant firm
- 13.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) sight (b) taste (c) smell (d) sound
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) turn into fruit (c) attract bees (d) carries food to parts
- 17.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella sits on a kite; the kite tickles a ladder; the ladder pulls a coconut; the coconut falls into a key. Which item comes right after the umbrella? (a) ladder (b) coconut (c) kite (d) key
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll tickles a needle; the needle falls into an orange; the orange crashes into a mango; the mango sings to a kettle. Which item comes right after the mango? (a) mango (b) needle (c) kettle (d) orange
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) read words (b) hear voices (c) smell food (d) taste sour
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple bounces onto a fan; the fan tickles a frog; the frog sings to a lamp; the lamp crashes into a nest. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) nest (b) fan (c) frog (d) apple
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 25.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting raw mango (b) smelling wet earth (c) watching fireworks (d) hands in icy water
- 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a monkey in a BAND (d) a PIE under your foot
- 27.🔗 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
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 30.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a frog by the dining table, a ladder by the bed, a kite by the kitchen, a flute by the TV, a drum by the sofa. Where did you place the drum? (a) TV (b) bed (c) kitchen (d) sofa
- 32.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 33.🗣️ 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
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange sits on a jalebi; the jalebi sings to a rope; the rope bounces onto a guava; the guava crashes into an anchor. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) guava (b) rope (c) jalebi (d) anchor
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the classroom door, a rope by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the school gate, a jug by the notice board, a duck by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) jug (b) owl (c) rope (d) frog
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sleep (b) book (c) table (d) sugar
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a pencil that dances (d) a dull white wall
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder bounces onto a fan; the fan falls into a glass; the glass sings to a rose; the rose pulls an apple. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) apple (b) glass (c) rose (d) fan
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
Answer key
- sound
- a weak picture
- have tiny pores
- a good mind map
- the method of loci
- False
- False
- step 3
- picture the first item
- step 1
- later today and tomorrow
- carries food to parts
- a strong picture
- fix stops in order
- taste
- green, flat and thin
- True
- kite
- picture the first item
- kettle
- smell food
- nest
- step 2
- keep linking in order
- hands in icy water
- a PIE under your foot
- link it to the next item
- hear the new word
- step 2
- easier to keep
- sofa
- new words in a language
- hear the new word
- choose a place you know
- anchor
- rope
- sugar
- a dull white wall
- rose
- a strong picture
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