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.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire pulls a frog; the frog sits on a needle; the needle jumps over a tiger; the tiger crashes into an ant. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) umpire (b) needle (c) tiger (d) ant
- 2.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 3.🗣️ 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
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) long sentences (c) one key word per branch (d) lines that link ideas
- 5.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) tongue (b) ears (c) eyes (d) skin
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a bus made of ice
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a banana by the TV, a net by the dining table, a wallet by the door, a tiger by the sofa, a glass by the shoe rack. Where did you place the net? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) door (d) dining table
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) mez (c) kitaab (d) paay
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 15.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) adding sums
- 16.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a blurry shape (c) a mango that sings (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 17.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a plain grey box (d) a dull white wall
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a radio by the banyan tree, a lemon by the park gate, an igloo by the bus stop, a banana by the post box, an ant by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) igloo (b) radio (c) lemon (d) ant
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) haathi (c) chaand (d) aam
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose sings to a jalebi; the jalebi crashes into a duck; the duck jumps over a lemon; the lemon chases a mirror. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) mirror (b) jalebi (c) lemon (d) duck
- 22.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) all in one colour (c) copying a whole page (d) topic in a corner
- 23.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 24.🗣️ 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
- 25.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) ideas with no links (d) one key word per branch
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) carries water upward (c) holds up the leaves (d) green, flat and thin
- 27.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 28.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 29.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a mango that sings (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a dull white wall
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass sits on a tomato; the tomato crashes into a rose; the rose tickles a coconut; the coconut pulls a fan. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) rose (b) fan (c) tomato (d) coconut
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent chases an onion; the onion rolls into a rose; the rose bounces onto a kite; the kite sits on an orange. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) orange (b) rose (c) kite (d) tent
- 32.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a pencil that dances (d) a list of words only
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose rolls into a parrot; the parrot sits on a needle; the needle bounces onto a monkey; the monkey jumps over a shoe. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) shoe (b) monkey (c) rose (d) parrot
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a blurry shape (c) a far-off still tree (d) a sock that smells awful
- 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.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum chases a doll; the doll crashes into a needle; the needle bounces onto a spoon; the spoon pulls a watch. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) spoon (b) watch (c) doll (d) needle
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 40.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- needle
- the method of loci
- hear the new word
- long sentences
- a strong picture
- the word’s meaning
- step 1
- skin
- a bus made of ice
- dining table
- put pictures at stops
- leaves
- paay
- step 3
- new words in a language
- a blurry shape
- a strong picture
- a giant pink elephant
- lemon
- aam
- jalebi
- lines that link ideas
- to keep the order
- link it to the meaning
- ideas with no links
- green, flat and thin
- a funny, moving one
- step 2
- a dull white wall
- fan
- tent
- a list of words only
- rose
- fix stops in order
- a sock that smells awful
- hear the new word
- a strong picture
- needle
- step 4
- False
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