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 sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) touch (b) smell (c) sound (d) sight
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) chaabi (c) mez (d) bandar
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 5.🗣️ 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pencil by the kitchen, a ball by the bed, a radio by the TV, a spoon by the dining table, a bucket by the sofa. Where did you place the radio? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) bed (d) sofa
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) make seeds (c) green, flat and thin (d) attract bees
- 8.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey sits on a radio; the radio falls into a pillow; the pillow sings to a guava; the guava bounces onto a pencil. Which item comes right before the guava? (a) guava (b) pillow (c) radio (d) monkey
- 10.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a pencil that dances (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 11.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sight (b) taste (c) sound (d) touch
- 15.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) details on small twigs (c) lines that link ideas (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 16.🗣️ 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
- 17.🗣️ 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
- 18.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an apple by the park gate, an onion by the swing, a kettle by the post box, a tomato by the banyan tree, a frog by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) tomato (b) frog (c) kettle (d) apple
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sweet” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) skin
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle chases a rope; the rope pulls a duck; the duck sits on a lamp; the lamp sings to a mango. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) lamp (b) duck (c) rope (d) candle
- 23.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 25.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a plain grey box (c) the word in small print (d) a list of words only
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug bounces onto a goat; the goat sings to a wallet; the wallet falls into a key; the key tickles a fan. Which item comes right after the wallet? (a) key (b) fan (c) wallet (d) jug
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) eyes (b) skin (c) tongue (d) nose
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) smell smoke (c) taste sour (d) see shapes
- 30.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) topic in a corner (d) lines that link ideas
- 31.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 33.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sound (b) sight (c) smell (d) taste
- 34.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 36.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 37.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) cloud (b) mango (c) foot (d) sleep
- 39.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) frame it (c) redraw it from memory (d) colour it again
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant key jumps over an orange; the orange falls into a rose; the rose chases an umpire; the umpire crashes into a tiger. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) rose (b) tiger (c) umpire (d) key
Answer key
- sound
- chaabi
- to keep the order
- replay the story
- link it to the meaning
- TV
- green, flat and thin
- a good mind map
- pillow
- a normal-sized cup
- False
- link it to the next item
- step 1
- sound
- tiny, cramped writing
- link it to the meaning
- hear the new word
- sight
- frog
- a strong picture
- tongue
- rope
- one you know very well
- step 2
- a giant pink elephant
- key
- nose
- hear the new word
- taste sour
- lines that link ideas
- False
- keep linking in order
- sound
- funny actions
- keep linking in order
- a weak picture
- False
- foot
- redraw it from memory
- tiger
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