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 is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a list of words only (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a bus made of ice
- 2.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 5.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 7.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 8.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) sugar (b) flower (c) mother (d) rice
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 11.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) touch (b) sight (c) smell (d) taste
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) smell smoke (c) see shapes (d) taste salty
- 13.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) touch (b) sight (c) smell (d) sound
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat jumps over an ant; the ant chases a net; the net sits on a jug; the jug tickles a nest. Which item comes right before the nest? (a) jug (b) nest (c) cat (d) ant
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a pillow by the park gate, a guava by the fruit cart, an inkpot by the post box, a violin by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the swing. Where did you place the violin? (a) swing (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) banyan tree
- 17.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a plain box (c) a small grey dot (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a giant pink elephant (d) the word in small print
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon chases a candle; the candle tickles a kite; the kite sits on an urn; the urn pulls a kettle. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) kite (b) candle (c) lemon (d) urn
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute rolls into a vase; the vase sings to a mango; the mango pulls an anchor; the anchor tickles a jug. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) mango (b) anchor (c) jug (d) flute
- 22.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) nothing changes (c) it comes back alone (d) that item is lost
- 23.🗣️ 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
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) carries food to parts (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) attract bees (d) grow under the ground
- 28.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see colours” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) dola (c) kitaab (d) bandar
- 30.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 32.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 33.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it grey (c) make it small and plain (d) make it big and funny
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mango by the kitchen, a kettle by the shoe rack, a doll by the TV, a pillow by the sofa, a candle by the dining table. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) pillow (b) kettle (c) mango (d) candle
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant mango chases a van; the van bounces onto a drum; the drum tickles a ball; the ball pulls an orange. Which item comes right before the drum? (a) drum (b) van (c) mango (d) ball
- 37.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 38.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a list of words only (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 39.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 40.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a bus made of ice
- False
- True
- hear the new word
- fix stops in order
- step 1
- new words in a language
- choose a place you know
- mother
- fix stops in order
- sight
- taste salty
- True
- sight
- jug
- banyan tree
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- fix stops in order
- a giant pink elephant
- lemon
- flute
- that item is lost
- hear the new word
- make food using sunlight
- the word’s meaning
- put pictures at stops
- grow under the ground
- False
- dola
- funny actions
- picture the first item
- the pen stirring tea
- make it big and funny
- mango
- a good mind map
- van
- a strong picture
- a list of words only
- step 1
- False
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