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 memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 2.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a nest by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the classroom door, a bucket by the library, a candle by the blackboard, an anchor by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) anchor (b) parrot (c) nest (d) candle
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) table (b) key (c) eye (d) sugar
- 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a kite as big as a house
- 7.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 8.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a glowing star (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 10.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sound (b) sight (c) smell (d) taste
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an owl by the shoe rack, a shoe by the sofa, a frog by the dining table, a monkey by the door, a wallet by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) shoe (b) frog (c) owl (d) monkey
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a flute by the fruit cart, a cat by the post box, a wallet by the bus stop, an orange by the park gate, a frog by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) frog (b) wallet (c) cat (d) orange
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a plain box
- 15.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 16.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a bucket by the notice board, a glass by the blackboard, a lamp by the classroom door, an orange by the stairs, a needle by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the glass? (a) teacher’s desk (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) notice board
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava jumps over a vase; the vase pulls a tiger; the tiger sings to a mango; the mango crashes into a ball. Which item comes right before the mango? (a) ball (b) tiger (c) vase (d) guava
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) watching fireworks (b) tasting salty chips (c) hearing a drum boom (d) hands in icy water
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) one key word per branch (c) copying a whole page (d) a colour for each branch
- 25.🗣️ 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
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) smell smoke (b) feel rough or smooth (c) taste sour (d) feel hot and cold
- 27.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 28.🗣️ 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
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) chaabi (c) dola (d) paani
- 30.True or false: “topic in a corner” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a PIE under your foot (d) I NEED sleep
- 32.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) machhli (b) chaand (c) dola (d) haathi
- 36.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) it comes back alone
- 37.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 38.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) honesty (c) banana (d) rocket
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a drum boom (d) hearing a whistle
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kettle by the TV, a mirror by the sofa, a jug by the shoe rack, a spoon by the door, a duck by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) jug (b) kettle (c) spoon (d) mirror
Answer key
- step 2
- True
- parrot
- key
- new words in a language
- a normal-sized cup
- a strong picture
- smelling a stinky sock
- the method of loci
- smell
- owl
- orange
- fix stops in order
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a strong picture
- a weak picture
- blackboard
- tiger
- picture the first item
- hearing a drum boom
- put pictures at stops
- step 1
- step 4
- copying a whole page
- hear the new word
- smell smoke
- a poor mind map
- link it to the meaning
- paani
- False
- a BATTLE in the clouds
- True
- the word’s meaning
- step 4
- haathi
- that item is lost
- to keep the order
- honesty
- seeing a red kite fly
- mirror
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