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.🔗 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
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 3.🗣️ 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
- 4.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) use no route
- 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling wet earth (b) smelling jasmine (c) hearing a whistle (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sight (b) sound (c) taste (d) smell
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) naak (b) haathi (c) kitaab (d) neend
- 8.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) smell flowers (b) taste salty (c) feel hot and cold (d) hear voices
- 10.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) guess (d) replay the story
- 11.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) the letters only (b) a blank page (c) nothing at all (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 12.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 13.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) haathi (c) paay (d) machhli
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a wallet by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a van by the gate, a ball by the sofa, a flute by the door. Where did you place the flute? (a) TV (b) door (c) sofa (d) gate
- 16.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) stem
- 18.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 20.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 21.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) a plain, still one (c) just the word (d) no picture at all
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 24.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) new words in a language (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) long numbers
- 25.True or false: “tiny, cramped writing” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) I NEED sleep (d) a book in a KIT bag
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a monkey by the notice board, a shoe by the classroom door, a wallet by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the blackboard, a tent by the stairs. What did you place by the notice board? (a) banana (b) wallet (c) tent (d) monkey
- 29.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 31.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) only in the exam
- 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella tickles a fan; the fan pulls an ice cream; the ice cream bounces onto a glass; the glass jumps over a pencil. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) ice cream (b) glass (c) pencil (d) umbrella
- 34.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket tickles a drum; the drum bounces onto a jalebi; the jalebi rolls into an apple; the apple pulls a pencil. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) pencil (b) jalebi (c) apple (d) drum
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 37.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 38.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) sound (b) smell (c) taste (d) touch
- 40.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in the centre (c) a colour for each branch (d) long sentences
Answer key
- step 2
- step 3
- link it to the meaning
- add more stops
- seeing a red kite fly
- sight
- neend
- to keep the order
- hear voices
- replay the story
- a bird leaving a cage
- hear the new word
- False
- paay
- door
- True
- roots
- False
- hear the new word
- the pen stirring tea
- False
- a funny, moving one
- fix stops in order
- new words in a language
- True
- a strong picture
- a book in a KIT bag
- monkey
- a weak picture
- picture the first item
- later today and tomorrow
- step 4
- glass
- choose a place you know
- pencil
- picture the first item
- step 1
- False
- touch
- long sentences
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