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.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan falls into a tiger; the tiger pulls a watch; the watch tickles a lemon; the lemon sits on an umbrella. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) lemon (b) fan (c) umbrella (d) watch
- 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) table (b) monkey (c) water (d) nose
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey jumps over a spoon; the spoon bounces onto a kettle; the kettle rolls into a bucket; the bucket falls into a candle. Which item comes right after the monkey? (a) kettle (b) bucket (c) candle (d) spoon
- 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 5.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 6.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 9.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) tree (b) mango (c) key (d) elephant
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) baadal (c) chaabi (d) kitaab
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) take in water from soil
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a sock that smells awful (d) the word in small print
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) eyes (b) tongue (c) nose (d) skin
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 16.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a banana by the park gate, a goat by the banyan tree, a glass by the slide, an orange by the fruit cart, a pencil by the swing. Where did you place the pencil? (a) fruit cart (b) slide (c) banyan tree (d) swing
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) fish (b) flower (c) cloud (d) rice
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) billi (c) aam (d) chaabi
- 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 21.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) lines that link ideas (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in the centre
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose tickles a banana; the banana chases a net; the net jumps over an urn; the urn sings to an onion. Which item comes right after the net? (a) rose (b) net (c) urn (d) onion
- 24.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) touch (b) sound (c) sight (d) smell
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat rolls into a watch; the watch falls into a tomato; the tomato pulls a mirror; the mirror sings to a tiger. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) tomato (b) watch (c) mirror (d) tiger
- 26.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a SACK full of sugar
- 27.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 29.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) keep it still (c) make it small and plain (d) make it grey
- 30.🔗 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
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock crashes into a jalebi; the jalebi pulls a wallet; the wallet tickles a vase; the vase bounces onto a bucket. Which item comes right before the vase? (a) wallet (b) vase (c) sock (d) jalebi
- 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) stroking soft fur (c) hearing a dog bark (d) smelling wet earth
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 35.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a guava by the blackboard, a flute by the classroom door, a tent by the stairs, a nest by the library, an umbrella by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the nest? (a) blackboard (b) classroom door (c) library (d) stairs
- 37.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) read words (b) see colours (c) smell flowers (d) feel hot and cold
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 40.🗣️ In Marathi, “bhaat” means rice. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a book in a KIT bag
Answer key
- watch
- nose
- spoon
- step 2
- to keep the order
- a poor mind map
- step 2
- step 1
- replay the story
- mango
- baadal
- take in water from soil
- a sock that smells awful
- skin
- step 2
- the pen stirring tea
- swing
- fish
- aam
- keep linking in order
- ideas with no links
- the word’s meaning
- urn
- sound
- mirror
- a SACK full of sugar
- step 1
- step 3
- make it big and funny
- that item is lost
- wallet
- fix stops in order
- smelling wet earth
- hear the new word
- step 3
- library
- choose a place you know
- feel hot and cold
- link it to the next item
- a BAT made of rice
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