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.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) after a year (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
- 2.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) no, never (d) only once a year
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 4.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) the letters only (c) nothing at all (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 5.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 8.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) sakhar (c) chaabi (d) aam
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 11.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) long sentences (b) copying a whole page (c) details on small twigs (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 12.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) leaves (b) stem (c) roots (d) flowers
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) is spelled the same (c) means the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 15.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it big and funny (c) make it small and plain (d) make it grey
- 16.🗣️ 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
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an ice cream by the swing, a ladder by the fruit cart, a key by the park gate, a candle by the banyan tree, a rope by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ladder (b) candle (c) key (d) rope
- 18.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
- 19.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) copying a whole page (c) long sentences (d) one key word per branch
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a pillow by the stairs, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the notice board, a key by the school gate, a rose by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) pillow (b) tomato (c) rose (d) key
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 22.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) redraw it from memory (c) throw it away (d) frame it
- 23.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 24.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
- 25.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 26.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope sings to a flute; the flute falls into a violin; the violin chases a mirror; the mirror pulls a lemon. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) flute (b) rope (c) mirror (d) lemon
- 28.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “green, flat and thin” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) leaves (d) stem
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a list of words only (d) a dull white wall
- 31.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) stroking soft fur (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) water (b) nose (c) sugar (d) foot
- 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 36.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a blurry shape (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a needle by the fruit cart, an ant by the park gate, an owl by the slide, a vase by the swing, an umpire by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) vase (b) ant (c) owl (d) umpire
- 39.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) see colours (b) hear music (c) taste sweet (d) smell food
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
Answer key
- later today and tomorrow
- yes, with new pictures
- step 3
- a bird leaving a cage
- False
- step 2
- step 3
- a poor mind map
- chaabi
- choose a place you know
- details on small twigs
- that item is lost
- roots
- sounds like the new word
- make it big and funny
- step 2
- candle
- one you know very well
- one key word per branch
- pillow
- step 1
- redraw it from memory
- a poor mind map
- each link leads on
- a poor mind map
- add more stops
- mirror
- step 4
- leaves
- a kite as big as a house
- seeing a red kite fly
- step 1
- choose a place you know
- water
- hear the new word
- the pen stirring tea
- a frog wearing a crown
- owl
- hear music
- step 3
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