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: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) grow under the ground
- 3.🔗 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
- 4.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant net pulls a coconut; the coconut jumps over a frog; the frog chases a drum; the drum tickles a lemon. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) coconut (b) lemon (c) frog (d) drum
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo pulls a radio; the radio jumps over an umpire; the umpire rolls into a duck; the duck chases a pencil. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umpire (b) radio (c) igloo (d) duck
- 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) sleep (b) flower (c) mango (d) sugar
- 9.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a list of words only (c) a mango that sings (d) a bright red flying cow
- 10.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a dull white wall
- 12.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) sight (c) sound (d) smell
- 13.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) easier to keep (c) too slow (d) harder to keep
- 14.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 15.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) attract bees (c) carries water upward (d) grow under the ground
- 17.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 22.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) quick to see and recall (b) it saves ink (c) no reason (d) it looks empty
- 24.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) touch (b) sound (c) sight (d) smell
- 25.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) stroking soft fur (b) tasting salty chips (c) hearing a whistle (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 27.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a giant rainbow umbrella (b) a small grey dot (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a plain box
- 28.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) make it small and plain (c) make it big and funny (d) keep it still
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) long sentences (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) ideas with no links
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 32.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) one you never saw
- 33.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) only in the exam (c) never again (d) after a year
- 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 35.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the classroom door, an apple by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the notice board, a radio by the school gate, a needle by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) banana (b) apple (c) radio (d) needle
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana sings to a radio; the radio sits on a parrot; the parrot falls into a nest; the nest tickles a doll. Which item comes right after the parrot? (a) parrot (b) nest (c) radio (d) doll
- 39.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
Answer key
- step 4
- grow under the ground
- picture the first item
- replay the story
- drum
- duck
- hear the new word
- flower
- a list of words only
- True
- a dull white wall
- sight
- easier to keep
- step 3
- fix stops in order
- attract bees
- a strong picture
- step 1
- a strong picture
- put pictures at stops
- step 1
- True
- quick to see and recall
- smell
- tasting salty chips
- step 2
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- make it big and funny
- step 4
- topic in the centre
- keep linking in order
- one you know very well
- later today and tomorrow
- step 2
- False
- step 1
- radio
- nest
- False
- a strong picture
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