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 keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) a plain, still one (d) just the word
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 3.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 5.🗣️ 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
- 6.True or false: “long sentences” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make food using sunlight (c) have tiny pores (d) carries water upward
- 8.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 10.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they are boring (b) words are useless (c) they need no attention (d) images stick better
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) a random colour
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the dining table, a tiger by the sofa, a net by the kitchen, a lemon by the TV, a banana by the shoe rack. Where did you place the banana? (a) kitchen (b) shoe rack (c) sofa (d) dining table
- 13.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 16.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) rocket (c) banana (d) honesty
- 17.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
- 18.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) the word in small print (c) a pencil that dances (d) a list of words only
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon jumps over a candle; the candle chases a mango; the mango sits on a ladder; the ladder rolls into a violin. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) candle (b) lemon (c) violin (d) mango
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a rose by the park gate, an anchor by the banyan tree, an owl by the fruit cart, an apple by the post box, a jeep by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rose (b) jeep (c) anchor (d) apple
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) small doodles (d) copying a whole page
- 23.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) it comes back alone (d) that item is lost
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a spoon by the dining table, a pillow by the kitchen, an inkpot by the sofa, a jeep by the shoe rack, a monkey by the TV. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) sofa
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi jumps over a shoe; the shoe falls into an owl; the owl chases a mirror; the mirror bounces onto a lemon. Which item comes right after the owl? (a) owl (b) lemon (c) mirror (d) jalebi
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a plain grey box (d) a kite as big as a house
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make seeds (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
- 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) taste (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 33.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey bounces onto an umpire; the umpire jumps over a violin; the violin crashes into a guava; the guava rolls into a mango. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) mango (b) violin (c) monkey (d) umpire
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat pulls an onion; the onion bounces onto an ant; the ant sings to a rose; the rose tickles an apple. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) onion (b) goat (c) rose (d) apple
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the classroom door, a ladder by the stairs, a watch by the teacher’s desk, a pencil by the school gate, a rope by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) rope (b) ladder (c) pencil (d) watch
- 38.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 39.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a blurry shape
- 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
Answer key
- a funny, moving one
- a weak picture
- True
- step 4
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- carries water upward
- False
- step 1
- images stick better
- the word’s meaning
- shoe rack
- a poor mind map
- step 1
- step 3
- honesty
- the method of loci
- False
- a pencil that dances
- mango
- anchor
- copying a whole page
- that item is lost
- fix stops in order
- sofa
- put pictures at stops
- put pictures at stops
- mirror
- a plain grey box
- make seeds
- a strong picture
- touch
- step 3
- step 4
- monkey
- rose
- watch
- keep linking in order
- a frog wearing a crown
- later today and tomorrow
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