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.🗣️ 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
- 2.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a small grey dot (c) a plain box (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a normal-sized cup
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) dola (c) phool (d) haathi
- 6.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) the word in small print (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a sock that smells awful
- 7.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 8.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a kite as big as a house
- 9.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) eyes (b) ears (c) nose (d) tongue
- 13.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an apple by the shoe rack, a bucket by the gate, a lamp by the door, a parrot by the sofa, an umpire by the TV. Where did you place the bucket? (a) shoe rack (b) door (c) sofa (d) gate
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 18.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) smelling wet earth (b) hearing a whistle (c) stroking soft fur (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) a PIE under your foot (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an inkpot by the shoe rack, an umpire by the TV, a spoon by the dining table, a pencil by the door, a shoe by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pencil (b) shoe (c) spoon (d) inkpot
- 21.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “aai” means mother. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a CHUBBY key
- 23.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔗 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
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a rose by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the library, an onion by the classroom door, a frog by the blackboard, a banana by the playground. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) lamp (b) frog (c) banana (d) onion
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 27.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep pulls a guava; the guava falls into an inkpot; the inkpot sits on a glass; the glass jumps over a ball. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) jeep (b) glass (c) ball (d) guava
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sight (b) sound (c) touch (d) smell
- 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 31.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a guava by the swing, an umpire by the slide, an apple by the fruit cart, a pillow by the bench, a sock by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) apple (b) sock (c) guava (d) pillow
- 34.🗺️ 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 food using sunlight
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a wallet by the stairs, a guava by the classroom door, a watch by the notice board, a jalebi by the school gate, a kite by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the watch? (a) stairs (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) notice board
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) have tiny pores (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a duck by the kitchen, a frog by the sofa, a whistle by the TV, a jeep by the bed, a drum by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) frog (b) duck (c) drum (d) jeep
- 39.🔗 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
- 40.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
Answer key
- hear the new word
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a normal-sized cup
- choose a place you know
- haathi
- the word in small print
- a poor mind map
- a dull white wall
- True
- a poor mind map
- step 2
- nose
- replay the story
- gate
- fix stops in order
- link it to the next item
- flowers
- hearing a whistle
- a monkey in a BAND
- pencil
- the method of loci
- Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- True
- link it to the next item
- onion
- a weak picture
- to keep the order
- guava
- sound
- step 4
- False
- fix stops in order
- guava
- make food using sunlight
- put pictures at stops
- notice board
- carries food to parts
- drum
- link it to the next item
- step 1
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