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.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) see shapes (c) smell flowers (d) taste salty
- 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 4.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a list of words only (c) a blurry shape (d) a bus made of ice
- 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sight (b) smell (c) touch (d) sound
- 6.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) numbers
- 7.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
- 8.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) never again
- 9.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it small and plain (c) make it big and funny (d) make it grey
- 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) book (b) cat (c) key (d) table
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug jumps over a tomato; the tomato chases a vase; the vase bounces onto a doll; the doll rolls into an inkpot. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) inkpot (b) jug (c) doll (d) vase
- 13.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) the letters only (c) nothing at all (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a tiger by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the notice board, an ice cream by the stairs, a doll by the classroom door, a jeep by the blackboard. What did you place by the stairs? (a) fan (b) ice cream (c) doll (d) tiger
- 16.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 17.🔗 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
- 18.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) you get an extra item (d) it comes back alone
- 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a whistle (b) smelling wet earth (c) stroking soft fur (d) hearing a dog bark
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) smelling wet earth (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) tasting salty chips (d) hearing a drum boom
- 21.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) frame it (c) colour it again (d) redraw it from memory
- 22.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) no picture at all
- 23.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) details on small twigs (c) all in one colour (d) copying a whole page
- 24.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell smoke” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a doll by the sofa, an ice cream by the dining table, a rope by the kitchen, an umpire by the bed, a needle by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) needle (b) umpire (c) doll (d) ice cream
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) stem (b) leaves (c) roots (d) flowers
- 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 29.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a sock that smells awful
- 30.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) easier to keep (c) useless (d) too slow
- 31.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 33.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) smell (b) touch (c) taste (d) sound
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) haathi (c) mez (d) naak
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a whistle (b) stroking soft fur (c) hands in icy water (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
- 38.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) hearing a dog bark (c) smelling wet earth (d) hands in icy water
- 39.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a list of words only
Answer key
- a DOLL with big eyes
- taste salty
- find a sound-alike word
- a bus made of ice
- sight
- funny actions
- add more stops
- later today and tomorrow
- make it big and funny
- step 1
- book
- vase
- a bird leaving a cage
- hear the new word
- ice cream
- a strong picture
- link it to the next item
- that item is lost
- smelling wet earth
- hearing a drum boom
- redraw it from memory
- a funny, moving one
- details on small twigs
- True
- needle
- leaves
- step 1
- stem
- a normal-sized cup
- easier to keep
- a strong picture
- step 2
- sound
- sakhar
- hearing a whistle
- step 4
- the word’s meaning
- seeing a red kite fly
- replay the story
- a giant pink elephant
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