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.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) attract bees (c) holds up the leaves (d) take in water from soil
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sight (b) touch (c) sound (d) smell
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) nose (d) eyes
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) topic in the centre (c) details on small twigs (d) a colour for each branch
- 6.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a whistle
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a duck by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the blackboard, a key by the library, an orange by the stairs, a guava by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) duck (b) guava (c) orange (d) key
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) mother (b) moon (c) flower (d) cloud
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a mirror by the banyan tree, a key by the fruit cart, an apple by the post box, a doll by the bus stop, an igloo by the park gate. Where did you place the mirror? (a) fruit cart (b) post box (c) park gate (d) banyan tree
- 11.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) images stick better (b) they need no attention (c) they are boring (d) words are useless
- 14.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) leaves (d) stem
- 17.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) hold the plant firm (c) make food using sunlight (d) attract bees
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 21.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only once a year (d) no, never
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) hear voices (b) hear a bell (c) taste salty (d) smell food
- 23.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 24.🔗 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
- 25.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) key (b) elephant (c) fish (d) cloud
- 27.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 29.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) lines that link ideas (c) a colour for each branch (d) topic in a corner
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut falls into a key; the key bounces onto a kite; the kite tickles a wallet; the wallet sings to an umbrella. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) kite (b) key (c) wallet (d) coconut
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make seeds (b) have tiny pores (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
- 35.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) it rhymes
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 37.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 38.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 39.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) skin (b) eyes (c) tongue (d) nose
Answer key
- easier to keep
- take in water from soil
- smell
- nose
- copying a whole page
- seeing a red kite fly
- picture the first item
- key
- mother
- banyan tree
- True
- put pictures at stops
- images stick better
- False
- that item is lost
- stem
- False
- carries food to parts
- keep linking in order
- roots
- yes, with new pictures
- smell food
- hear the new word
- picture the first item
- an elephant with HOT tea
- key
- a poor mind map
- a strong picture
- a school in a SHAWL
- step 2
- topic in a corner
- kite
- step 3
- make seeds
- each link leads on
- fix stops in order
- new words in a language
- a strong picture
- True
- nose
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