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.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it is longer (b) it shows how ideas link (c) it needs no review (d) it hides the ideas
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) sight (b) smell (c) touch (d) taste
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a drum boom (d) hearing a whistle
- 6.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) the letters only (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) nothing at all (d) a blank page
- 7.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it grey (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock sings to a bucket; the bucket pulls a duck; the duck crashes into an urn; the urn tickles an owl. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) sock (b) urn (c) bucket (d) owl
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jug by the door, a frog by the gate, a van by the TV, a goat by the sofa, an onion by the shoe rack. Where did you place the onion? (a) door (b) gate (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a key by the door, a sock by the TV, a rope by the shoe rack, a bucket by the sofa, a flute by the dining table. Where did you place the flute? (a) TV (b) door (c) dining table (d) shoe rack
- 12.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
- 13.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 14.🗣️ 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
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope rolls into a net; the net tickles a flute; the flute bounces onto a glass; the glass jumps over a wallet. Which item comes right before the net? (a) wallet (b) flute (c) rope (d) glass
- 16.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a BAT made of rice (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 17.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) taste sour (b) hear voices (c) smell food (d) feel hot and cold
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) attract bees (c) hold the plant firm (d) grow under the ground
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a duck by the TV, a pencil by the shoe rack, a shoe by the door, a cat by the gate, an anchor by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) cat (b) anchor (c) shoe (d) duck
- 21.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a far-off still tree (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a pencil that dances
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin tickles a candle; the candle chases an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over a kite; the kite crashes into a spoon. Which item comes right before the spoon? (a) spoon (b) kite (c) violin (d) candle
- 23.🔗 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
- 24.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) honesty (b) banana (c) rocket (d) elephant
- 25.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) take in water from soil (c) turn into fruit (d) grow under the ground
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a plain grey box
- 28.🔗 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
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 31.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) topic in the centre (d) copying a whole page
- 32.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) quick to see and recall (c) it saves ink (d) it looks empty
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil sings to an inkpot; the inkpot sits on a monkey; the monkey rolls into an umpire; the umpire pulls a pillow. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) pencil (b) monkey (c) umpire (d) inkpot
- 34.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
- 35.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) sight (b) taste (c) sound (d) smell
- 36.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.True or false: “tiny, cramped writing” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste salty” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) ears (d) nose
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
Answer key
- it shows how ideas link
- step 1
- taste
- sounds like the new word
- tasting raw mango
- a bird leaving a cage
- False
- make it big and funny
- bucket
- shoe rack
- dining table
- funny actions
- new words in a language
- link it to the meaning
- rope
- I AM eating a mango
- step 3
- feel hot and cold
- attract bees
- anchor
- a pencil that dances
- kite
- picture the first item
- honesty
- True
- turn into fruit
- a giant pink elephant
- link it to the next item
- put pictures at stops
- replay the story
- topic in the centre
- quick to see and recall
- inkpot
- one you know very well
- sight
- False
- choose a place you know
- True
- tongue
- step 3
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