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 is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a plain grey box (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 3.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a colour for each branch (b) topic in a corner (c) topic in the centre (d) details on small twigs
- 5.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 7.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) smell (b) sight (c) sound (d) taste
- 8.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 9.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) never again
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 11.True or false: “long sentences” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a far-off still tree (d) a list of words only
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor sings to a cat; the cat bounces onto a glass; the glass jumps over a jug; the jug falls into an apple. Which item comes right after the jug? (a) cat (b) jug (c) apple (d) glass
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) carries food to parts (c) have tiny pores (d) turn into fruit
- 16.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) eyes (d) ears
- 18.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in the centre (d) all in one colour
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) hands in icy water (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) smelling jasmine
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 22.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) the word’s meaning (c) nothing else (d) a random colour
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 25.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) keep it still (c) make it grey (d) make it small and plain
- 27.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) roots (d) leaves
- 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 31.🔗 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
- 32.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) smell (b) sound (c) touch (d) taste
- 33.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) mother (b) fish (c) table (d) eye
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mango by the shoe rack, a rope by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a rose by the kitchen, a kettle by the dining table. Where did you place the mango? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
- 36.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) copying a whole page (b) all in one colour (c) topic in the centre (d) long sentences
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) copying a whole page (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in a corner
- 38.True or false: “copying a whole page” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream pulls a banana; the banana bounces onto a guava; the guava rolls into an anchor; the anchor chases an owl. Which item comes right after the banana? (a) banana (b) owl (c) ice cream (d) guava
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) chaabi (c) bandar (d) bhaat
Answer key
- a plain grey box
- keep linking in order
- the method of loci
- topic in a corner
- yes, with new pictures
- step 3
- sound
- a good mind map
- later today and tomorrow
- a weak picture
- False
- a giant pink elephant
- put pictures at stops
- apple
- turn into fruit
- True
- nose
- a funny, moving one
- all in one colour
- smelling jasmine
- step 2
- a strong picture
- the word’s meaning
- step 4
- True
- make it big and funny
- False
- roots
- step 1
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- touch
- step 2
- table
- shoe rack
- topic in the centre
- lines that link ideas
- False
- guava
- bhaat
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