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 of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a far-off still tree (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a kite as big as a house
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) taste (b) sight (c) touch (d) sound
- 3.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting raw mango (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) seeing a glowing star
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a kite as big as a house
- 5.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a coconut by the bus stop, an apple by the park gate, an ice cream by the fruit cart, a shoe by the banyan tree, a frog by the post box. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) apple (b) ice cream (c) shoe (d) coconut
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the TV, an ant by the dining table, an orange by the sofa, a violin by the kitchen, a kettle by the shoe rack. Where did you place the violin? (a) kitchen (b) dining table (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
- 8.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana rolls into an igloo; the igloo chases a pencil; the pencil pulls a whistle; the whistle bounces onto a monkey. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) whistle (d) igloo
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) have tiny pores (c) attract bees (d) holds up the leaves
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 13.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) aai (c) dola (d) haathi
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a key by the door, a monkey by the TV, a van by the dining table, a parrot by the sofa, an owl by the shoe rack. Where did you place the owl? (a) door (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
- 17.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream rolls into an anchor; the anchor pulls a ball; the ball sings to a parrot; the parrot falls into an apple. Which item comes right before the parrot? (a) ball (b) parrot (c) anchor (d) apple
- 19.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 21.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) taste (b) smell (c) touch (d) sound
- 22.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a BAT made of rice (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) guess (c) start from nowhere (d) read a new list
- 25.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear a bell” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 27.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo chases an onion; the onion sings to a frog; the frog falls into an urn; the urn tickles a drum. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) igloo (b) urn (c) onion (d) frog
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make seeds” go on? (a) stem (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) roots
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🔗 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
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) a colour for each branch (c) all in one colour (d) lines that link ideas
- 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) chaand (c) kitaab (d) bhaat
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- a far-off still tree
- taste
- tasting raw mango
- a pale, tiny dot
- False
- shoe
- kitchen
- False
- whistle
- step 1
- attract bees
- step 4
- True
- haathi
- link it to the next item
- shoe rack
- one you know very well
- ball
- False
- choose a place you know
- touch
- a BATTLE in the clouds
- hear the new word
- replay the story
- False
- step 4
- the method of loci
- sight
- step 1
- find a sound-alike word
- frog
- step 2
- flowers
- picture the first item
- choose a place you know
- picture the first item
- all in one colour
- sounds like the new word
- chaand
- hear the new word
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