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 word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) elephant (c) honesty (d) banana
- 2.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) both the same (c) neither (d) the pen stirring tea
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jalebi by the dining table, a sock by the bed, a jeep by the kitchen, a watch by the sofa, a coconut by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) watch (b) sock (c) jeep (d) coconut
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) ped (b) haathi (c) chaand (d) billi
- 6.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a flute by the park gate, a watch by the slide, a spoon by the swing, a cat by the banyan tree, a jalebi by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) spoon (b) jalebi (c) watch (d) flute
- 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 10.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the gate, a vase by the shoe rack, a parrot by the TV, a doll by the door, an umbrella by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) umbrella (b) cat (c) vase (d) parrot
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute tickles an urn; the urn pulls a key; the key chases a frog; the frog jumps over a kettle. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) kettle (b) urn (c) frog (d) flute
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an owl by the fruit cart, an umpire by the bus stop, an ice cream by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the post box, a key by the park gate. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) inkpot (b) key (c) umpire (d) ice cream
- 15.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger jumps over a coconut; the coconut falls into a needle; the needle crashes into an umpire; the umpire sings to a lemon. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) umpire (b) coconut (c) needle (d) lemon
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose sits on a doll; the doll sings to a radio; the radio falls into a goat; the goat crashes into a wallet. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) doll (b) wallet (c) goat (d) radio
- 18.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope falls into a wallet; the wallet sings to a glass; the glass sits on a needle; the needle crashes into a van. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) rope (b) glass (c) needle (d) wallet
- 20.🔗 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
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet bounces onto a coconut; the coconut jumps over an anchor; the anchor sits on a kite; the kite sings to an ice cream. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) anchor (b) kite (c) wallet (d) coconut
- 22.True or false: “small doodles” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 24.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
- 25.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant key tickles a flute; the flute jumps over an apple; the apple pulls a watch; the watch sings to a guava. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) guava (b) key (c) watch (d) apple
- 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) copying a whole page (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in the centre
- 29.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) colour it again (c) redraw it from memory (d) frame it
- 30.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a dull white wall (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a normal-sized cup
- 31.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) naak (c) machhli (d) neend
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an orange by the blackboard, a monkey by the playground, an apple by the classroom door, a net by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the library. What did you place by the playground? (a) apple (b) net (c) orange (d) monkey
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) bhaat (c) chaabi (d) neend
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste sour” go on? (a) tongue (b) eyes (c) nose (d) ears
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana tickles an orange; the orange bounces onto a candle; the candle falls into a sock; the sock jumps over a spoon. Which item comes right after the banana? (a) orange (b) sock (c) candle (d) spoon
- 37.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) only in the exam
- 38.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a pencil that dances (c) a plain grey box (d) a mango that sings
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
Answer key
- honesty
- the pen stirring tea
- a blurry shape
- coconut
- chaand
- False
- False
- jalebi
- step 1
- False
- umbrella
- kettle
- put pictures at stops
- umpire
- the method of loci
- lemon
- radio
- put pictures at stops
- needle
- picture the first item
- coconut
- False
- a weak picture
- that item is lost
- new words in a language
- apple
- step 2
- copying a whole page
- redraw it from memory
- a pencil that dances
- sounds like the new word
- chaabi
- monkey
- bhaat
- tongue
- orange
- later today and tomorrow
- one you know very well
- a plain grey box
- step 3
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