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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an ice cream by the stairs, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the school gate, an anchor by the classroom door, a flute by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) ice cream (b) duck (c) flute (d) anchor
- 2.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 4.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) smell (b) taste (c) touch (d) sound
- 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 6.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen stirring tea
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) holds up the leaves (c) have tiny pores (d) attract bees
- 8.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 9.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) easier to keep (c) useless (d) too slow
- 10.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) it rhymes
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) turn into fruit (d) have tiny pores
- 12.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) copying a whole page (c) long sentences (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a kite as big as a house (c) the word in small print (d) a blurry shape
- 14.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a KNOCK on the nose (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) water in a PAN
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a violin by the TV, a shoe by the door, a mirror by the sofa, a coconut by the dining table, a duck by the shoe rack. Where did you place the coconut? (a) sofa (b) door (c) TV (d) dining table
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) nose (d) eyes
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting raw mango (b) tasting salty chips (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hearing a drum boom
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) tasting bitter karela (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hands in icy water
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) holds up the leaves (c) green, flat and thin (d) hold the plant firm
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) cloud (b) mother (c) foot (d) fish
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a flute by the shoe rack, an owl by the dining table, a guava by the sofa, a rose by the TV, a tiger by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) guava (b) tiger (c) rose (d) flute
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an apple by the swing, a cat by the park gate, a tent by the fruit cart, a wallet by the bench, an ice cream by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) apple (b) wallet (c) cat (d) tent
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in the centre (c) topic in a corner (d) all in one colour
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot pulls a flute; the flute crashes into a sock; the sock tickles an umbrella; the umbrella bounces onto a tent. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) tent (b) flute (c) sock (d) umbrella
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite jumps over a mirror; the mirror bounces onto a guava; the guava pulls a tent; the tent tickles a kettle. Which item comes right after the kite? (a) mirror (b) kettle (c) kite (d) tent
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) foot (b) eye (c) sugar (d) rice
- 32.🔗 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
- 33.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 34.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan sits on a cat; the cat rolls into a glass; the glass falls into a parrot; the parrot crashes into an urn. Which item comes right before the glass? (a) glass (b) fan (c) cat (d) parrot
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep crashes into a jalebi; the jalebi tickles a goat; the goat jumps over a fan; the fan falls into an anchor. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) jalebi (b) goat (c) fan (d) anchor
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rope by the door, a tent by the TV, a frog by the shoe rack, a needle by the dining table, a tiger by the sofa. Where did you place the frog? (a) dining table (b) sofa (c) door (d) shoe rack
- 40.🗣️ 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
Answer key
- duck
- False
- step 1
- sound
- step 3
- the pen stirring tea
- attract bees
- new words in a language
- easier to keep
- each link leads on
- turn into fruit
- lines that link ideas
- a kite as big as a house
- water in a PAN
- put pictures at stops
- a weak picture
- dining table
- a strong picture
- eyes
- hearing a drum boom
- step 4
- hands in icy water
- hold the plant firm
- mother
- tiger
- apple
- topic in the centre
- link it to the meaning
- umbrella
- mirror
- eye
- link it to the next item
- a weak picture
- a funny, moving one
- keep linking in order
- fix stops in order
- cat
- jalebi
- shoe rack
- find a sound-alike word
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