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 memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) smelling wet earth (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting salty chips
- 2.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) smell (c) sound (d) taste
- 4.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a whistle (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 6.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a plain grey box
- 7.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) read words (b) feel a light touch (c) hear music (d) taste sour
- 9.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) your name (c) the date (d) the main topic
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 13.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “an elephant with HOT tea”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aam (c) haathi (d) naak
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a drum by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the blackboard, an umbrella by the classroom door, a kettle by the library, a duck by the playground. What did you place by the library? (a) kettle (b) drum (c) radio (d) umbrella
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock jumps over an apple; the apple tickles a flute; the flute rolls into a goat; the goat sits on a ball. Which item comes right after the sock? (a) sock (b) ball (c) flute (d) apple
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) have tiny pores (c) make food using sunlight (d) carries food to parts
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) hearing a whistle (c) smelling wet earth (d) tasting raw mango
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sits on an ant; the ant jumps over a glass; the glass rolls into a banana; the banana crashes into a goat. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ant (b) banana (c) apple (d) goat
- 22.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste salty” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 24.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 27.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 28.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) a colour for each branch (c) one key word per branch (d) all in one colour
- 29.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 30.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 31.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 32.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 34.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 35.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a far-off still tree (d) a mango that sings
- 36.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see shapes” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) smell smoke (c) hear music (d) see colours
- 38.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a plain grey box (c) a dull white wall (d) a list of words only
- 39.🔗 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
- 40.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- smelling wet earth
- choose a place you know
- sight
- seeing a glowing star
- step 3
- a plain grey box
- one you know very well
- taste sour
- the main topic
- step 2
- picture the first item
- step 1
- easier to keep
- haathi
- kettle
- step 4
- step 3
- apple
- carries food to parts
- tasting raw mango
- goat
- False
- keep linking in order
- funny actions
- step 4
- step 2
- picture the first item
- all in one colour
- put pictures at stops
- a poor mind map
- step 1
- True
- the word’s meaning
- a strong picture
- a far-off still tree
- False
- smell smoke
- a giant pink elephant
- picture the first item
- True
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