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.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) harder to keep
- 2.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) make it grey (c) keep it still (d) make it small and plain
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire tickles an igloo; the igloo jumps over a parrot; the parrot falls into a guava; the guava chases a watch. Which item comes right before the guava? (a) guava (b) umpire (c) watch (d) parrot
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) carries water upward (b) make food using sunlight (c) take in water from soil (d) make seeds
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 6.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a sock that smells awful (c) a bus made of ice (d) a plain grey box
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) carries water upward (c) grow under the ground (d) green, flat and thin
- 8.🗣️ 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
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lines that link ideas (b) long sentences (c) details on small twigs (d) small doodles
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 11.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) one key word per branch (c) topic in a corner (d) a colour for each branch
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 15.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 16.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 17.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) it looks nice
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sings to a whistle; the whistle pulls a wallet; the wallet bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sits on a guava. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) whistle (b) apple (c) guava (d) wallet
- 20.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) watching fireworks (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting raw mango
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 23.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) sight (b) taste (c) smell (d) touch
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) eye (b) water (c) rice (d) book
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a plain grey box (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) its spelling backwards
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) the word in small print (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sits on a banana; the banana chases a parrot; the parrot rolls into a ladder; the ladder bounces onto a mirror. Which item comes right after the parrot? (a) parrot (b) wallet (c) banana (d) ladder
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a list of words only (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a bus made of ice
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato sings to a radio; the radio falls into an umpire; the umpire sits on a rose; the rose pulls a banana. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) tomato (b) banana (c) radio (d) umpire
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) elephant (b) sleep (c) mother (d) rice
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava tickles a mango; the mango rolls into a ball; the ball bounces onto a rose; the rose pulls a goat. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) guava (b) goat (c) rose (d) mango
- 38.🗣️ 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
- 39.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 40.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) a plain box (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
Answer key
- easier to keep
- make it big and funny
- parrot
- make seeds
- step 1
- a plain grey box
- carries water upward
- link it to the meaning
- long sentences
- choose a place you know
- topic in a corner
- put pictures at stops
- step 4
- step 4
- a book in a KIT bag
- the method of loci
- True
- to keep the order
- whistle
- one you know very well
- tasting raw mango
- step 3
- smell
- keep linking in order
- step 2
- a strong picture
- water
- a plain grey box
- the word’s meaning
- the word in small print
- picture the first item
- ladder
- a list of words only
- radio
- mother
- step 1
- mango
- find a sound-alike word
- find a sound-alike word
- a giant rainbow umbrella
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