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.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 5.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato falls into a parrot; the parrot pulls a nest; the nest crashes into a jalebi; the jalebi bounces onto a pillow. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) pillow (b) jalebi (c) parrot (d) tomato
- 7.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) images stick better (b) they are boring (c) they need no attention (d) words are useless
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) touch (b) sight (c) taste (d) sound
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a giant pink elephant? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a goat by the dining table, a lamp by the door, a whistle by the sofa, a tent by the shoe rack, a cat by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) lamp (b) goat (c) cat (d) tent
- 11.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) one key word per branch (c) details on small twigs (d) ideas with no links
- 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) paay (c) shala (d) kitaab
- 13.🗣️ 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
- 14.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) ears (b) tongue (c) skin (d) nose
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch falls into a van; the van sits on a flute; the flute tickles a tomato; the tomato chases a glass. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) van (b) tomato (c) watch (d) flute
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 19.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) the pen near a cup (d) both the same
- 20.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) long sentences (c) details on small twigs (d) small doodles
- 21.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava pulls a candle; the candle bounces onto a coconut; the coconut chases a ball; the ball rolls into a kite. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) kite (b) guava (c) candle (d) ball
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a blurry shape (d) a list of words only
- 24.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🗣️ 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
- 27.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) long sentences (b) one key word per branch (c) ideas with no links (d) copying a whole page
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a normal-sized cup? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a KNOCK on the nose
- 30.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a whistle (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) smelling wet earth
- 31.🗣️ 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
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant van pulls a coconut; the coconut falls into a doll; the doll bounces onto a glass; the glass chases a mirror. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) mirror (b) van (c) doll (d) glass
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 34.🔗 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
- 35.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 36.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a flower in a POOL
- 37.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 38.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a MAZE on a table (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) I AM eating a mango
- 39.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) stroking soft fur (d) hearing a dog bark
Answer key
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- step 2
- hear the new word
- a tree on a note PAD
- pillow
- images stick better
- touch
- a strong picture
- goat
- ideas with no links
- shala
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- sounds like the new word
- nose
- van
- keep linking in order
- the pen stirring tea
- long sentences
- a strong picture
- candle
- a giant pink elephant
- False
- put pictures at stops
- link it to the meaning
- one key word per branch
- a weak picture
- a BATTLE in the clouds
- seeing a red kite fly
- step 3
- van
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- step 3
- a fish lighting a MATCH
- one you know very well
- a book in a KIT bag
- each link leads on
- smelling a stinky sock
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