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.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 4.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) sight (b) touch (c) taste (d) sound
- 5.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) an elephant with HOT tea (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) a random colour
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 9.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 10.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) I NEED sleep (d) a cat paying a BILL
- 11.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a pencil that dances (d) a plain grey box
- 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make seeds” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) stem
- 15.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a glass by the blackboard, a jalebi by the classroom door, a jeep by the library, a spoon by the stairs, a kite by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the library? (a) jeep (b) jalebi (c) spoon (d) kite
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) taste sour (b) smell food (c) taste sweet (d) feel a light touch
- 18.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 20.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
- 21.🔗 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
- 22.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) quick to see and recall (c) no reason (d) it saves ink
- 23.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 24.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sings to an ant; the ant falls into a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a cat; the cat jumps over a flute. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) ant (b) bucket (c) cat (d) needle
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries food to parts (c) carries water upward (d) holds up the leaves
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a list of words only (c) a far-off still tree (d) a dull white wall
- 30.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) smell (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
- 31.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 32.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a bus made of ice (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a mango that sings
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato bounces onto a bucket; the bucket rolls into a net; the net sings to a coconut; the coconut sits on a rope. Which item comes right before the net? (a) coconut (b) rope (c) net (d) bucket
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 35.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 37.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a dull white wall
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a key by the dining table, a flute by the sofa, an orange by the bed, an anchor by the kitchen, a jug by the TV. What did you place by the bed? (a) jug (b) anchor (c) orange (d) flute
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a monkey by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the stairs, a cat by the classroom door, an ant by the notice board, a van by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) cat (b) monkey (c) apple (d) van
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) lines that link ideas (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in a corner
Answer key
- a good mind map
- picture the first item
- step 2
- touch
- a school in a SHAWL
- keep linking in order
- the word’s meaning
- a strong picture
- a monkey in a BAND
- a cat paying a BILL
- a pencil that dances
- step 3
- flowers
- roots
- fix stops in order
- jeep
- feel a light touch
- the method of loci
- step 4
- one you know very well
- picture the first item
- quick to see and recall
- funny actions
- True
- step 2
- keep linking in order
- cat
- green, flat and thin
- a pencil that dances
- sound
- a good mind map
- a normal-sized cup
- bucket
- step 4
- True
- step 1
- a bright red flying cow
- orange
- cat
- lines that link ideas
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