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 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) shala (c) kitaab (d) chaabi
- 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) attract bees (b) turn into fruit (c) make seeds (d) hold the plant firm
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) details on small twigs (c) ideas with no links (d) small doodles
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) the rhyme method
- 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 12.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) the letters only (b) nothing at all (c) a blank page (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 13.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it is longer (b) it shows how ideas link (c) it needs no review (d) it hides the ideas
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying a whole page (b) all in one colour (c) topic in the centre (d) ideas with no links
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 16.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) a plain box (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 17.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) read words (b) smell smoke (c) hear a bell (d) smell food
- 19.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) touch (b) smell (c) sound (d) sight
- 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is spelled the same
- 21.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) phool (c) paani (d) aai
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) tasting bitter karela (b) watching fireworks (c) smelling wet earth (d) hands in icy water
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a goat by the slide, an ice cream by the park gate, a mirror by the swing, an umpire by the fruit cart, a watch by the bench. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) goat (b) mirror (c) umpire (d) watch
- 24.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 25.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 26.🔗 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
- 27.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
- 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 29.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 30.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) replay the story
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) details on small twigs (c) a colour for each branch (d) ideas with no links
- 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) holds up the leaves (c) make seeds (d) carries water upward
- 33.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) no reason (c) it saves ink (d) quick to see and recall
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a plain grey box
- 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut jumps over a fan; the fan sings to a ladder; the ladder pulls a van; the van chases a cat. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) fan (b) coconut (c) van (d) cat
- 37.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) smell (b) sight (c) sound (d) touch
- 39.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) only in the exam (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
Answer key
- step 4
- link it to the meaning
- bandar
- hold the plant firm
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- ideas with no links
- a weak picture
- the method of loci
- step 2
- step 1
- a bird leaving a cage
- it shows how ideas link
- topic in the centre
- picture the first item
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- step 4
- read words
- smell
- sounds like the new word
- aai
- hands in icy water
- umpire
- a poor mind map
- to keep the order
- picture the first item
- a funny, moving one
- link it to the next item
- a weak picture
- replay the story
- ideas with no links
- grow under the ground
- quick to see and recall
- a frog wearing a crown
- hear the new word
- coconut
- step 1
- sight
- True
- later today and tomorrow
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