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.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) harder to keep (c) too slow (d) useless
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a kettle by the bus stop, a sock by the post box, an orange by the fruit cart, a ball by the park gate, an owl by the banyan tree. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) orange (b) kettle (c) sock (d) owl
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a pencil that dances (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a plain grey box
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a list of words only (d) a bright red flying cow
- 5.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) neither (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an urn by the post box, a coconut by the park gate, a bucket by the swing, a wallet by the banyan tree, an ant by the fruit cart. Where did you place the urn? (a) post box (b) swing (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
- 7.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 8.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat falls into a key; the key rolls into a candle; the candle crashes into a flute; the flute pulls a wallet. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) flute (b) goat (c) wallet (d) candle
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a duck by the teacher’s desk, a mirror by the classroom door, a lamp by the stairs, a kite by the notice board, an umpire by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umpire (b) kite (c) duck (d) mirror
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jug by the dining table, a cat by the kitchen, a mango by the sofa, a key by the bed, an urn by the TV. Where did you place the mango? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) sofa (d) bed
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) topic in the centre (c) lines that link ideas (d) small doodles
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass crashes into a spoon; the spoon sings to an igloo; the igloo rolls into a mango; the mango bounces onto a nest. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) nest (b) igloo (c) spoon (d) mango
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 15.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a pencil that dances (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute sits on a drum; the drum bounces onto a tiger; the tiger pulls a tomato; the tomato sings to an umbrella. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) umbrella (b) tomato (c) tiger (d) flute
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) haathi (c) phool (d) bhaat
- 21.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) sight (b) touch (c) smell (d) sound
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a kite as big as a house (c) the word in small print (d) a giant pink elephant
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) take in water from soil (c) make seeds (d) grow under the ground
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) chaand (c) machhli (d) ped
- 26.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) copying a whole page (c) long sentences (d) lines that link ideas
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 30.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) images stick better (c) they are boring (d) words are useless
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 33.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) table (b) rice (c) tree (d) book
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) watching fireworks (b) smelling jasmine (c) tasting bitter karela (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 36.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a plain grey box (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a kite as big as a house
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sings to a candle; the candle bounces onto a fan; the fan jumps over a doll; the doll falls into a lamp. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) lamp (b) apple (c) fan (d) candle
- 38.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a dull white wall (c) a mango that sings (d) the word in small print
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a bus made of ice (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a kite as big as a house
Answer key
- easier to keep
- kettle
- a plain grey box
- a bright red flying cow
- the pen stirring tea
- post box
- a poor mind map
- hear the new word
- wallet
- mirror
- sofa
- tiny, cramped writing
- nest
- link it to the next item
- a blurry shape
- step 2
- hear the new word
- step 2
- umbrella
- bhaat
- touch
- the word in small print
- fix stops in order
- make seeds
- machhli
- lines that link ideas
- step 4
- link it to the meaning
- step 3
- images stick better
- step 1
- step 2
- replay the story
- rice
- smelling jasmine
- a kite as big as a house
- candle
- choose a place you know
- a mango that sings
- a blurry shape
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