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.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) adding sums
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an inkpot by the post box, a vase by the fruit cart, a pillow by the bus stop, a drum by the park gate, a pencil by the banyan tree. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) pillow (b) pencil (c) drum (d) inkpot
- 5.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 6.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) all in one colour (c) lines that link ideas (d) details on small twigs
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut crashes into an ice cream; the ice cream chases a radio; the radio pulls an onion; the onion jumps over an umpire. Which item comes right before the ice cream? (a) onion (b) ice cream (c) coconut (d) radio
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant key jumps over a frog; the frog pulls an ant; the ant crashes into a needle; the needle falls into a tomato. Which item comes right before the frog? (a) ant (b) tomato (c) key (d) needle
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) sakhar (c) neend (d) aam
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 12.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) both the same
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 14.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 15.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) quick to see and recall (c) it saves ink (d) no reason
- 16.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a far-off still tree (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) the word in small print
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 18.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl jumps over a lemon; the lemon falls into a net; the net crashes into a bucket; the bucket pulls an ice cream. Which item comes right before the net? (a) lemon (b) bucket (c) net (d) ice cream
- 20.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 21.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) foot (b) mother (c) cloud (d) mango
- 24.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a dull white wall (d) the word in small print
- 25.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 27.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) mez (c) haathi (d) naak
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) stem (d) leaves
- 31.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) carries food to parts (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hands in icy water (d) hearing a whistle
- 34.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) guess (d) replay the story
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 37.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a giant pink elephant
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a bus made of ice (c) a blurry shape (d) a normal-sized cup
- 39.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 40.🔗 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
Answer key
- new words in a language
- put pictures at stops
- stem
- pencil
- a strong picture
- all in one colour
- coconut
- key
- hear the new word
- haathi
- leaves
- the pen stirring tea
- step 3
- a poor mind map
- quick to see and recall
- a frog wearing a crown
- hear the new word
- True
- lemon
- the method of loci
- True
- True
- foot
- a laughing tiffin box
- a DOLL with big eyes
- picture the first item
- False
- later today and tomorrow
- mez
- roots
- a poor mind map
- carries food to parts
- hands in icy water
- replay the story
- a strong picture
- link it to the next item
- a plain grey box
- a bus made of ice
- step 4
- link it to the next item
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