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.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) tongue (b) eyes (c) skin (d) ears
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) one key word per branch (c) all in one colour (d) ideas with no links
- 3.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a pencil that dances (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a dull white wall
- 4.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting bitter karela (c) hearing a whistle (d) smelling wet earth
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo tickles a mirror; the mirror pulls an umpire; the umpire falls into a banana; the banana rolls into a coconut. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) coconut (b) igloo (c) banana (d) umpire
- 6.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 8.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) harder to keep (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a far-off still tree (d) a normal-sized cup
- 10.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) both the same (d) the pen stirring tea
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat chases a coconut; the coconut jumps over a lemon; the lemon sits on an owl; the owl rolls into a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) coconut (b) lemon (c) owl (d) cat
- 12.🗺️ 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) turn into fruit (d) have tiny pores
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) skin (d) eyes
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava chases a van; the van tickles an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a jeep; the jeep sings to a sock. Which item comes right before the jeep? (a) ice cream (b) sock (c) van (d) guava
- 15.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 16.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 17.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) just the word
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a bus made of ice (c) a plain grey box (d) a kite as big as a house
- 20.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) taste (c) touch (d) sight
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a van by the banyan tree, a mango by the fruit cart, an ice cream by the park gate, a net by the bus stop, a ladder by the post box. Where did you place the net? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) bus stop (d) post box
- 22.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel hot and cold” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗣️ 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
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug crashes into a jalebi; the jalebi bounces onto a van; the van chases a drum; the drum tickles an igloo. Which item comes right before the van? (a) jug (b) drum (c) van (d) jalebi
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) stem
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) grow under the ground (c) take in water from soil (d) hold the plant firm
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 29.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it small and plain (c) make it grey (d) make it big and funny
- 30.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite falls into a lemon; the lemon pulls a doll; the doll sings to an inkpot; the inkpot tickles a coconut. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) lemon (b) kite (c) coconut (d) doll
- 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sits on a radio; the radio sings to a bucket; the bucket crashes into a ball; the ball chases a monkey. Which item comes right after the bucket? (a) radio (b) monkey (c) bucket (d) ball
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a lamp by the fruit cart, a wallet by the post box, a whistle by the banyan tree, a coconut by the swing, a fan by the park gate. Where did you place the coconut? (a) post box (b) banyan tree (c) swing (d) fruit cart
- 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 36.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a bird leaving a cage (b) a blank page (c) nothing at all (d) the letters only
- 37.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it hides the ideas (b) it needs no review (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it is longer
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) hearing a drum boom (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a whistle
- 39.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sight (d) sound
- 40.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) ideas with no links (c) a colour for each branch (d) topic in the centre
Answer key
- skin
- one key word per branch
- a dull white wall
- smelling wet earth
- umpire
- True
- I AM eating a mango
- easier to keep
- a laughing tiffin box
- the pen stirring tea
- cat
- have tiny pores
- skin
- ice cream
- a weak picture
- the word’s meaning
- False
- a funny, moving one
- a plain grey box
- sound
- bus stop
- False
- hear the new word
- jalebi
- taste
- flowers
- carries food to parts
- picture the first item
- make it big and funny
- the method of loci
- doll
- step 3
- ball
- swing
- fix stops in order
- a bird leaving a cage
- it shows how ideas link
- feeling a prickly cactus
- sight
- ideas with no links
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