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 igloo falls into a tomato; the tomato rolls into a kite; the kite crashes into an onion; the onion jumps over a lamp. Which item comes right after the igloo? (a) igloo (b) kite (c) onion (d) tomato
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) nose (b) monkey (c) elephant (d) moon
- 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries water upward (c) carries food to parts (d) make seeds
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 8.🗣️ 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
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a fan by the door, a ball by the dining table, an owl by the shoe rack, a vase by the sofa, a flute by the TV. What did you place by the dining table? (a) flute (b) ball (c) owl (d) vase
- 10.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) long numbers
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a monkey by the bus stop, an apple by the fruit cart, a candle by the post box, a duck by the banyan tree, a lemon by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) apple (b) monkey (c) duck (d) lemon
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) make seeds (c) have tiny pores (d) take in water from soil
- 15.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 17.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) redraw it from memory (c) frame it (d) colour it again
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 19.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a whistle (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) smelling wet earth (d) tasting raw mango
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) take in water from soil (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 23.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) guess
- 24.True or false: “details on small twigs” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a plain grey box (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a bright red flying cow
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.True or false: “topic in a corner” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) touch
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a far-off still tree (c) a list of words only (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an ice cream by the classroom door, a spoon by the school gate, a coconut by the stairs, an owl by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) owl (b) coconut (c) ice cream (d) inkpot
- 33.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a small grey dot (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 34.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) a colour for each branch
- 38.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 39.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) quick to see and recall (c) no reason (d) it saves ink
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball sits on an umpire; the umpire pulls a coconut; the coconut jumps over a needle; the needle tickles a vase. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) ball (b) needle (c) umpire (d) vase
Answer key
- tomato
- moon
- link it to the next item
- step 4
- make seeds
- fix stops in order
- step 1
- hear the new word
- ball
- new words in a language
- step 2
- monkey
- step 4
- make seeds
- funny actions
- roots
- redraw it from memory
- a strong picture
- False
- hearing a whistle
- take in water from soil
- step 2
- replay the story
- False
- hear the new word
- a plain grey box
- link it to the meaning
- False
- smell
- link it to the meaning
- a laughing tiffin box
- owl
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- True
- to keep the order
- fix stops in order
- all in one colour
- step 3
- quick to see and recall
- umpire
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