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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the shoe rack, a tent by the dining table, a candle by the TV, a drum by the sofa, an anchor by the kitchen. Where did you place the anchor? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) shoe rack
- 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 3.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a flower in a POOL
- 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) cat (b) fish (c) foot (d) book
- 6.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) sound (b) touch (c) smell (d) sight
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) taste salty (c) hear a bell (d) read words
- 11.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
- 12.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream pulls a ball; the ball falls into a fan; the fan sings to a pencil. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) fan (b) ball (c) ice cream (d) pillow
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) neend (c) dola (d) naak
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror falls into a kite; the kite crashes into a watch; the watch sings to an ice cream; the ice cream jumps over a cat. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) kite (b) cat (c) ice cream (d) watch
- 17.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) harder to keep (b) too slow (c) easier to keep (d) useless
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one key word per branch (b) a colour for each branch (c) lines that link ideas (d) ideas with no links
- 19.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 20.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hands in icy water (b) tasting raw mango (c) stroking soft fur (d) smelling wet earth
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the kitchen, a pillow by the shoe rack, a fan by the dining table, a ball by the sofa, a nest by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pillow (b) nest (c) guava (d) fan
- 22.🗺️ 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) carries food to parts
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a blurry shape (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 24.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 25.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a SACK full of sugar (d) a school in a SHAWL
- 26.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a bird leaving a cage (b) nothing at all (c) the letters only (d) a blank page
- 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 28.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) watching fireworks (b) tasting raw mango (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a drum boom
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 30.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 31.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) is spelled the same (d) sounds like the new word
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “hold the plant firm” go on? (a) stem (b) roots (c) flowers (d) leaves
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 35.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗣️ 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
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the notice board, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the blackboard, a mirror by the stairs, a doll by the classroom door. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) mirror (b) doll (c) ball (d) glass
- 38.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) images stick better (c) they are boring (d) words are useless
- 39.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) frame it (c) redraw it from memory (d) throw it away
- 40.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sound (b) smell (c) taste (d) sight
Answer key
- kitchen
- step 2
- True
- a KNOCK on the nose
- book
- touch
- step 4
- picture the first item
- step 4
- taste salty
- one you know very well
- replay the story
- step 1
- ball
- neend
- watch
- easier to keep
- ideas with no links
- step 1
- tasting raw mango
- fan
- carries food to parts
- a blurry shape
- choose a place you know
- a school in a SHAWL
- a bird leaving a cage
- find a sound-alike word
- hearing a drum boom
- step 1
- step 4
- True
- sounds like the new word
- roots
- leaves
- True
- link it to the meaning
- doll
- images stick better
- redraw it from memory
- smell
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