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 of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a far-off still tree (c) the word in small print (d) a kite as big as a house
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) a colour for each branch (d) copying a whole page
- 3.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) chunking
- 5.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) long numbers (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) smell (b) sight (c) touch (d) taste
- 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut jumps over a radio; the radio sits on a candle; the candle tickles a sock; the sock falls into a ball. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ball (b) sock (c) candle (d) radio
- 12.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) that item is lost (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone
- 13.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 14.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste salty” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) nose (d) skin
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tent by the teacher’s desk, a net by the classroom door, a jug by the library, a spoon by the blackboard, a coconut by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tent (b) coconut (c) jug (d) net
- 17.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
- 18.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in the centre
- 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) taste (b) sight (c) sound (d) smell
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a goat by the bus stop, a fan by the banyan tree, a glass by the post box, a mirror by the park gate, a frog by the fruit cart. Where did you place the mirror? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) bus stop (d) fruit cart
- 24.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hands in icy water (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 28.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) take in water from soil (c) turn into fruit (d) green, flat and thin
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a sock by the door, an owl by the shoe rack, a van by the TV, a shoe by the sofa, a cat by the gate. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) cat (b) van (c) owl (d) sock
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a plain grey box (d) a blurry shape
- 32.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a plain grey box (d) a far-off still tree
- 33.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) colours only
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) eyes (b) skin (c) nose (d) tongue
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) take in water from soil (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant key jumps over a watch; the watch sings to a guava; the guava falls into a drum; the drum crashes into a cat. Which item comes right after the key? (a) watch (b) guava (c) cat (d) key
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) stem (d) flowers
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon tickles a violin; the violin pulls a vase; the vase rolls into an ant; the ant sings to an ice cream. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) ant (c) violin (d) lemon
- 40.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it grey (c) make it big and funny (d) make it small and plain
Answer key
- a kite as big as a house
- a colour for each branch
- False
- the method of loci
- new words in a language
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- touch
- step 2
- later today and tomorrow
- radio
- that item is lost
- a poor mind map
- False
- tongue
- coconut
- one you know very well
- True
- picture the first item
- topic in the centre
- find a sound-alike word
- smell
- park gate
- True
- False
- seeing a red kite fly
- step 4
- a strong picture
- take in water from soil
- owl
- a kite as big as a house
- a giant pink elephant
- funny actions
- nose
- a strong picture
- take in water from soil
- watch
- flowers
- violin
- make it big and funny
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