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.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it hides the ideas (c) it is longer (d) it shows how ideas link
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 3.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a blurry shape (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a list of words only
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) mother (b) mango (c) nose (d) flower
- 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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jeep by the sofa, a guava by the dining table, an inkpot by the bed, a tomato by the kitchen, a sock by the TV. What did you place by the TV? (a) tomato (b) jeep (c) guava (d) sock
- 8.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a far-off still tree (c) a list of words only (d) a mango that sings
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 11.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) smelling wet earth (d) tasting salty chips
- 12.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 13.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) touch (b) smell (c) taste (d) sight
- 14.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling wet earth (b) stroking soft fur (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) hearing a dog bark
- 16.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) sound (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 17.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) stem (d) roots
- 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) I AM eating a mango
- 20.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) hear a bell (c) see shapes (d) taste sweet
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) watching fireworks (d) tasting bitter karela
- 22.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) one you never saw
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 24.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 25.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) attract bees (b) carries food to parts (c) have tiny pores (d) take in water from soil
- 27.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 28.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) hold the plant firm (c) holds up the leaves (d) attract bees
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple rolls into a van; the van bounces onto a frog; the frog falls into a vase; the vase tickles a candle. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) candle (b) vase (c) frog (d) van
- 31.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 33.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 35.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) long sentences (c) lines that link ideas (d) one key word per branch
- 36.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) stroking soft fur (b) smelling wet earth (c) hands in icy water (d) watching fireworks
- 37.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 38.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a dull white wall (c) a mango that sings (d) a bus made of ice
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an orange by the post box, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a drum by the fruit cart, a goat by the park gate, a frog by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) orange (b) umbrella (c) goat (d) frog
Answer key
- it shows how ideas link
- a weak picture
- a frog wearing a crown
- flower
- link it to the meaning
- hear the new word
- sock
- the method of loci
- a mango that sings
- step 4
- tasting salty chips
- the pen stirring tea
- smell
- a funny, moving one
- seeing a red kite fly
- sight
- False
- flowers
- I AM eating a mango
- see shapes
- tasting bitter karela
- one you know very well
- step 1
- step 1
- a strong picture
- have tiny pores
- later today and tomorrow
- step 2
- attract bees
- frog
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- that item is lost
- link it to the next item
- long sentences
- watching fireworks
- new words in a language
- False
- a dull white wall
- umbrella
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