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) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 3.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
- 4.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a bus made of ice (d) a pencil that dances
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 7.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) add more stops
- 8.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 9.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it big and funny (c) make it grey (d) make it small and plain
- 10.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) new words in a language (c) adding sums (d) drawing maps
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball falls into a glass; the glass rolls into a sock; the sock jumps over a tomato; the tomato sings to a shoe. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) glass (b) shoe (c) sock (d) tomato
- 12.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) small doodles (c) details on small twigs (d) lines that link ideas
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 14.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) copying a whole page (d) a colour for each branch
- 15.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a vase by the library, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the blackboard, a guava by the classroom door, a monkey by the playground. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) guava (b) monkey (c) frog (d) spoon
- 17.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) easier to keep (d) harder to keep
- 18.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a drum boom (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an ant by the bed, a doll by the dining table, a rope by the sofa, a sock by the TV, a coconut by the kitchen. What did you place by the sofa? (a) sock (b) coconut (c) rope (d) doll
- 21.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a net by the stairs, a jeep by the teacher’s desk, a mirror by the classroom door, a shoe by the notice board, a wallet by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jeep (b) mirror (c) shoe (d) net
- 23.🔗 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
- 24.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) no, never
- 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) monkey (b) mango (c) mother (d) table
- 26.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it shows how ideas link (b) it hides the ideas (c) it needs no review (d) it is longer
- 27.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) a SACK full of sugar (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) I AM eating a mango
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a plain grey box (d) a mango that sings
- 30.🗣️ 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
- 31.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) smell (b) touch (c) sight (d) taste
- 32.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 33.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a far-off still tree (c) a list of words only (d) a pencil that dances
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make seeds” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) leaves (d) flowers
- 36.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a dog bark (c) watching fireworks (d) smelling wet earth
- 37.🔗 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
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sits on a needle; the needle chases a kite; the kite bounces onto a ladder; the ladder pulls a mirror. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ladder (b) mirror (c) needle (d) kite
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) smelling wet earth (c) hands in icy water (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 40.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
Answer key
- a funny, moving one
- a strong picture
- that item is lost
- a pale, tiny dot
- choose a place you know
- the method of loci
- add more stops
- one you know very well
- make it big and funny
- new words in a language
- sock
- ideas with no links
- step 3
- copying a whole page
- funny actions
- frog
- easier to keep
- hearing a drum boom
- step 3
- rope
- False
- shoe
- link it to the next item
- yes, with new pictures
- table
- it shows how ideas link
- True
- a SACK full of sugar
- a mango that sings
- hear the new word
- sight
- step 3
- a strong picture
- a pencil that dances
- flowers
- feeling a prickly cactus
- picture the first item
- needle
- seeing a red kite fly
- sound
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