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 step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) dola (c) mez (d) bandar
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn sings to a ball; the ball rolls into a net; the net tickles a kettle; the kettle jumps over a fan. Which item comes right before the kettle? (a) urn (b) fan (c) ball (d) net
- 4.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) touch (b) sight (c) smell (d) sound
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle chases an inkpot; the inkpot crashes into a wallet; the wallet tickles a needle; the needle pulls a tent. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) inkpot (b) needle (c) wallet (d) kettle
- 6.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) tasting salty chips (b) stroking soft fur (c) watching fireworks (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 8.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball sits on a whistle; the whistle crashes into a lamp; the lamp chases a needle; the needle jumps over a rose. Which item comes right after the lamp? (a) needle (b) lamp (c) whistle (d) ball
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 11.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 12.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) long sentences (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in the centre
- 13.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) neither (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 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.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaabi (c) paani (d) machhli
- 17.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a whistle (b) tasting raw mango (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) seeing a glowing star
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) ears (b) nose (c) skin (d) tongue
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make seeds (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make seeds (b) green, flat and thin (c) hold the plant firm (d) holds up the leaves
- 21.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey pulls a rose; the rose bounces onto a goat; the goat crashes into a sock; the sock jumps over a ball. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) goat (b) sock (c) monkey (d) rose
- 24.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 25.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) tongue (b) eyes (c) skin (d) ears
- 28.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste salty” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) nose (d) ears
- 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 31.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) harder to keep
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) details on small twigs (c) topic in a corner (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a pencil that dances (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) the word in small print
- 35.🔗 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
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe jumps over a tiger; the tiger crashes into a goat; the goat sits on an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into an onion. Which item comes right after the goat? (a) onion (b) shoe (c) umbrella (d) tiger
- 37.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 38.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 39.🗣️ 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
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) sleep (b) school (c) elephant (d) cat
Answer key
- step 3
- bandar
- net
- touch
- wallet
- tasting salty chips
- step 4
- to keep the order
- needle
- a strong picture
- replay the story
- topic in the centre
- the pen stirring tea
- a strong picture
- link it to the next item
- paani
- seeing a glowing star
- nose
- make seeds
- hold the plant firm
- True
- step 3
- goat
- a poor mind map
- one you know very well
- step 3
- skin
- later today and tomorrow
- tongue
- keep linking in order
- easier to keep
- details on small twigs
- choose a place you know
- a pencil that dances
- that item is lost
- umbrella
- a funny, moving one
- choose a place you know
- find a sound-alike word
- elephant
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