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 keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) a funny, moving one (c) no picture at all (d) a plain, still one
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, a jug by the sofa, a shoe by the door, an apple by the gate, a frog by the TV. Where did you place the jug? (a) shoe rack (b) gate (c) door (d) sofa
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) taste (b) sound (c) sight (d) touch
- 4.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) hold the plant firm (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
- 7.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a net by the dining table, an apple by the sofa, a doll by the kitchen, a nest by the bed, an orange by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) orange (b) nest (c) apple (d) net
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum tickles a mango; the mango sits on a nest; the nest jumps over an urn; the urn falls into a duck. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) nest (b) duck (c) drum (d) mango
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) turn into fruit (c) attract bees (d) have tiny pores
- 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) only once a year (d) yes, with new pictures
- 14.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a mango that sings (c) a bus made of ice (d) a dull white wall
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “holds up the leaves” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) roots (d) leaves
- 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kite by the park gate, a sock by the fruit cart, a goat by the bench, a frog by the swing, an urn by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) goat (b) kite (c) frog (d) sock
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug rolls into a violin; the violin crashes into a jeep; the jeep chases a kite; the kite sings to a net. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) kite (b) jug (c) violin (d) net
- 22.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 25.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 26.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a giant rainbow umbrella (c) a plain box (d) a small grey dot
- 27.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) the word in small print (c) a far-off still tree (d) a list of words only
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a pencil by the dining table, a lemon by the door, an owl by the shoe rack, a needle by the TV, a ball by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ball (b) needle (c) owl (d) lemon
- 29.🎨 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
- 30.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make seeds (b) hold the plant firm (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the TV, a banana by the dining table, a whistle by the shoe rack, a van by the kitchen, an onion by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) whistle (b) van (c) onion (d) glass
- 32.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 34.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sour” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) attract bees (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 38.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an anchor by the stairs, an apple by the notice board, an umpire by the blackboard, a glass by the classroom door, a ladder by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umpire (b) ladder (c) anchor (d) glass
- 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
- a funny, moving one
- sofa
- sound
- funny actions
- step 3
- hold the plant firm
- True
- step 4
- a weak picture
- orange
- duck
- hold the plant firm
- yes, with new pictures
- new words in a language
- step 1
- step 3
- a dull white wall
- stem
- a weak picture
- sock
- violin
- a strong picture
- step 2
- a strong picture
- that item is lost
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- a bright red flying cow
- lemon
- a bird leaving a cage
- make seeds
- glass
- True
- fix stops in order
- True
- False
- False
- attract bees
- a strong picture
- ladder
- later today and tomorrow
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