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.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) green, flat and thin (c) make food using sunlight (d) have tiny pores
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 4.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 5.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a far-off still tree (d) a giant pink elephant
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a sock by the library, a ball by the blackboard, a tent by the classroom door, a pillow by the stairs, a monkey by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) sock (b) tent (c) pillow (d) monkey
- 7.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) topic in the centre (c) one key word per branch (d) ideas with no links
- 8.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) I NEED sleep (d) I AM eating a mango
- 9.True or false: “topic in a corner” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 11.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) seeing a glowing star (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) hearing a whistle
- 12.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a far-off still tree (c) a mango that sings (d) a normal-sized cup
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) stem (d) roots
- 14.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) the word “umbrella”
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a kettle by the shoe rack, a monkey by the TV, a key by the sofa, an orange by the dining table, a banana by the door. What did you place by the TV? (a) monkey (b) kettle (c) orange (d) banana
- 16.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 17.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the stairs, a frog by the notice board, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the classroom door, a rope by the blackboard. Where did you place the frog? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
- 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a dull white wall (d) a blurry shape
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sings to a candle; the candle bounces onto a rope; the rope crashes into a spoon; the spoon chases a watch. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) watch (b) rope (c) lamp (d) spoon
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) roots (d) stem
- 24.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a CHANDelier on the moon (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) I NEED sleep
- 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 26.🗣️ 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
- 27.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a list of words only
- 28.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) nothing at all (b) a blank page (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) neend (c) dola (d) chaabi
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) billi (c) naak (d) mez
- 33.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) make seeds (b) make food using sunlight (c) holds up the leaves (d) hold the plant firm
- 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jalebi by the sofa, a jug by the dining table, a kite by the TV, a kettle by the door, a nest by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) jug (b) jalebi (c) kettle (d) kite
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) a dull white wall (c) a list of words only (d) a sock that smells awful
- 38.🔗 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
- 39.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) only in the exam
Answer key
- hold the plant firm
- a weak picture
- hear the new word
- picture the first item
- a giant pink elephant
- pillow
- ideas with no links
- water in a PAN
- True
- a strong picture
- seeing a glowing star
- a mango that sings
- leaves
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- monkey
- a funny, moving one
- funny actions
- notice board
- step 1
- a laughing tiffin box
- rope
- find a sound-alike word
- flowers
- a fish lighting a MATCH
- keep linking in order
- link it to the meaning
- a list of words only
- True
- a bird leaving a cage
- neend
- step 3
- naak
- to keep the order
- make food using sunlight
- step 1
- kite
- a sock that smells awful
- link it to the next item
- step 3
- later today and tomorrow
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