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 step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon chases an orange; the orange jumps over a banana; the banana bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sits on a parrot. Which item comes right before the parrot? (a) parrot (b) banana (c) anchor (d) lemon
- 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 4.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) table (b) moon (c) mango (d) water
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) sound (b) sight (c) touch (d) taste
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) details on small twigs (c) topic in the centre (d) copying a whole page
- 10.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a list of words only (d) a mango that sings
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto a jeep; the jeep sings to an igloo; the igloo rolls into a coconut; the coconut crashes into an ice cream. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) igloo (b) jeep (c) kettle (d) ice cream
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon sings to a kettle; the kettle bounces onto an umpire; the umpire chases an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a jalebi. Which item comes right before the kettle? (a) umpire (b) spoon (c) umbrella (d) kettle
- 13.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket rolls into a candle; the candle bounces onto a nest; the nest sits on a jug; the jug chases a tent. Which item comes right before the jug? (a) candle (b) tent (c) nest (d) jug
- 15.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 18.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) have tiny pores (b) carries food to parts (c) hold the plant firm (d) green, flat and thin
- 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) sakhar (b) paay (c) haathi (d) billi
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 23.🔗 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
- 24.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) too slow (c) harder to keep (d) useless
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a mango that sings (c) a bus made of ice (d) a kite as big as a house
- 26.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) feel hot and cold (c) read words (d) see shapes
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto a kite; the kite crashes into a parrot; the parrot tickles a bucket; the bucket sings to a jalebi. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) kite (b) jalebi (c) candle (d) parrot
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a far-off still tree
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a violin by the fruit cart, a drum by the banyan tree, a jug by the swing, a pillow by the post box, an anchor by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) drum (b) anchor (c) pillow (d) violin
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat sings to a kettle; the kettle pulls a guava; the guava chases a net; the net falls into a goat. Which item comes right before the guava? (a) net (b) kettle (c) cat (d) guava
- 32.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 35.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 36.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
- 37.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite falls into an orange; the orange rolls into a watch; the watch chases a van; the van sings to a vase. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) watch (b) vase (c) van (d) kite
- 39.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a plain grey box (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a sock that smells awful
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a far-off still tree (c) the word in small print (d) a sock that smells awful
Answer key
- step 4
- anchor
- hear the new word
- False
- water
- touch
- keep linking in order
- put pictures at stops
- copying a whole page
- a list of words only
- jeep
- spoon
- a strong picture
- nest
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- step 2
- a weak picture
- hold the plant firm
- step 4
- billi
- link it to the meaning
- picture the first item
- easier to keep
- a dull white wall
- a strong picture
- feel hot and cold
- candle
- a bright red flying cow
- drum
- kettle
- funny actions
- step 3
- step 1
- step 1
- add more stops
- to keep the order
- van
- a sock that smells awful
- a sock that smells awful
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