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 is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) a colour for each branch (c) details on small twigs (d) topic in the centre
- 3.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) small doodles (c) topic in a corner (d) lines that link ideas
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass rolls into a pillow; the pillow bounces onto a doll; the doll sings to a key; the key falls into a watch. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) key (b) glass (c) doll (d) pillow
- 5.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) easier to keep (c) too slow (d) harder to keep
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the stairs, a violin by the classroom door, an ant by the blackboard, a ladder by the library. What did you place by the stairs? (a) ant (b) doll (c) violin (d) ladder
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant net crashes into an apple; the apple rolls into a frog; the frog bounces onto a mango; the mango sings to an urn. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) frog (b) net (c) mango (d) urn
- 9.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) skin (b) nose (c) ears (d) eyes
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) paani (c) kitaab (d) aam
- 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a giant pink elephant
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 15.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) words are useless (b) they are boring (c) they need no attention (d) images stick better
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 17.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sound (b) taste (c) touch (d) sight
- 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan crashes into an onion; the onion pulls a banana; the banana rolls into an anchor; the anchor tickles an owl. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) anchor (b) banana (c) owl (d) onion
- 23.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) honesty (b) elephant (c) banana (d) rocket
- 24.🗣️ 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
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) make seeds (c) take in water from soil (d) turn into fruit
- 26.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a CHUBBY key (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a KNOCK on the nose
- 27.🗣️ 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
- 28.🗣️ 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
- 29.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 30.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) means the same
- 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 33.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) guess (c) start from nowhere (d) replay the story
- 34.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) it saves ink (c) quick to see and recall (d) no reason
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) have tiny pores (c) green, flat and thin (d) make food using sunlight
- 36.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) touch (c) sight (d) taste
- 37.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a PIE under your foot (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) turn into fruit (d) carries food to parts
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an orange by the bed, a tomato by the dining table, a vase by the sofa, a kettle by the kitchen, a frog by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) vase (b) frog (c) kettle (d) orange
- 40.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: lines that link ideas? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
Answer key
- choose a place you know
- topic in a corner
- topic in a corner
- pillow
- easier to keep
- step 2
- doll
- net
- new words in a language
- nose
- kitaab
- step 3
- a far-off still tree
- the word’s meaning
- images stick better
- picture the first item
- keep linking in order
- step 1
- sound
- keep linking in order
- step 2
- banana
- honesty
- link it to the meaning
- take in water from soil
- I AM eating a mango
- step 3
- find a sound-alike word
- step 4
- a strong picture
- sounds like the new word
- step 3
- replay the story
- quick to see and recall
- hold the plant firm
- sound
- a PIE under your foot
- turn into fruit
- kettle
- a good mind map
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