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.True or false: “copying a whole page” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) have tiny pores
- 4.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) billi (c) ped (d) baadal
- 6.🔗 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
- 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat bounces onto a tomato; the tomato sits on an igloo; the igloo jumps over an urn; the urn sings to an ant. Which item comes right before the tomato? (a) igloo (b) goat (c) tomato (d) urn
- 8.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hearing a drum boom (d) seeing a glowing star
- 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word in small print (b) a bus made of ice (c) a pencil that dances (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an ant by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the library, a doll by the classroom door, a ladder by the blackboard, an apple by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ant (b) ladder (c) apple (d) doll
- 14.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a bird leaving a cage (c) a blank page (d) the letters only
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear voices” go on? (a) tongue (b) ears (c) nose (d) skin
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) flowers (d) roots
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) chaabi (c) neend (d) paani
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling jasmine (b) tasting raw mango (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) seeing a glowing star
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep jumps over a ball; the ball sits on an orange; the orange chases an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a pencil. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) jeep (b) orange (c) pencil (d) umbrella
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 24.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a mango that sings (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat falls into an igloo; the igloo sits on a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a jalebi; the jalebi pulls a banana. Which item comes right after the jalebi? (a) bucket (b) jalebi (c) goat (d) banana
- 26.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a dull white wall (d) a normal-sized cup
- 27.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel rough or smooth” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) small doodles (d) all in one colour
- 30.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) guess
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) attract bees (b) hold the plant firm (c) turn into fruit (d) carries water upward
- 32.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) paani (c) paay (d) haathi
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) aam (c) billi (d) phool
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) tasting salty chips (c) watching fireworks (d) hearing a drum boom
- 36.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: long sentences? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) I NEED sleep (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) I AM eating a mango
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella tickles a sock; the sock falls into a lemon; the lemon chases a nest; the nest crashes into a pillow. Which item comes right after the nest? (a) umbrella (b) sock (c) pillow (d) nest
- 39.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a plain grey box (c) a pencil that dances (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) water (b) mango (c) fish (d) key
Answer key
- True
- find a sound-alike word
- carries food to parts
- one you know very well
- ped
- picture the first item
- goat
- hands in icy water
- step 4
- the word in small print
- sounds like the new word
- put pictures at stops
- ladder
- a bird leaving a cage
- ears
- step 2
- step 1
- roots
- neend
- step 3
- tasting raw mango
- umbrella
- step 4
- a pale, tiny dot
- banana
- a bus made of ice
- False
- False
- all in one colour
- replay the story
- carries water upward
- False
- paay
- haathi
- hearing a drum boom
- a poor mind map
- I NEED sleep
- pillow
- a plain grey box
- mango
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