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 “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) hear a bell (b) see colours (c) hear voices (d) taste salty
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 3.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 4.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) only for numbers (c) no, never (d) yes, with new pictures
- 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sound (b) touch (c) sight (d) smell
- 6.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) make it big and funny (c) make it small and plain (d) keep it still
- 7.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a dull white wall (c) a list of words only (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 8.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a dull white wall (c) a far-off still tree (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaabi (c) baadal (d) billi
- 11.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) all in one colour (c) small doodles (d) topic in the centre
- 12.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a plain grey box
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a blurry shape (c) a far-off still tree (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 16.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) read words (b) hear voices (c) taste sweet (d) feel hot and cold
- 18.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it is longer (c) it hides the ideas (d) it shows how ideas link
- 19.🔗 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
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 21.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
- 22.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
- 23.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sight (d) sound
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) see shapes (b) taste sour (c) taste salty (d) hear a bell
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) the word in small print (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a list of words only
- 28.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an umbrella by the dining table, a guava by the shoe rack, a goat by the door, a drum by the TV, a rose by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umbrella (b) drum (c) rose (d) goat
- 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a BAT made of rice (d) I AM eating a mango
- 32.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 33.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a flower in a POOL (c) I NEED sleep (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 34.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 36.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) neither (c) the pen stirring tea (d) the pen near a cup
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in a corner (c) topic in the centre (d) all in one colour
- 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) haathi (c) sakhar (d) chaand
- 39.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) too slow
- 40.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) smell (b) sound (c) taste (d) sight
Answer key
- see colours
- find a sound-alike word
- replay the story
- yes, with new pictures
- sight
- make it big and funny
- a laughing tiffin box
- False
- a frog wearing a crown
- paani
- all in one colour
- False
- one you know very well
- a plain grey box
- a frog wearing a crown
- a weak picture
- read words
- it shows how ideas link
- picture the first item
- step 1
- touch
- later today and tomorrow
- False
- a poor mind map
- sound
- see shapes
- a bus made of ice
- False
- rose
- step 3
- I AM eating a mango
- a school in a SHAWL
- a flower in a POOL
- False
- a poor mind map
- the pen stirring tea
- topic in the centre
- sakhar
- easier to keep
- sound
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