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.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll falls into a duck; the duck jumps over a watch; the watch tickles a sock; the sock rolls into a mango. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) mango (b) sock (c) watch (d) doll
- 2.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a bright red flying cow (c) the word in small print (d) a dull white wall
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) dola (c) sakhar (d) chaand
- 5.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) words are useless (b) they are boring (c) they need no attention (d) images stick better
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 7.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 8.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 9.🗣️ 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
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) turn into fruit (c) attract bees (d) take in water from soil
- 11.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) tasting raw mango (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) seeing a glowing star
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🗣️ 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
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) roots (d) stem
- 15.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) keep it still (c) make it small and plain (d) make it big and funny
- 16.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) it looks nice
- 17.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 18.True or false: “lines that link ideas” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) sight (b) taste (c) sound (d) touch
- 23.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) just the word (b) no picture at all (c) a plain, still one (d) a funny, moving one
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) table (b) rice (c) nose (d) flower
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) smell (b) sound (c) sight (d) taste
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a blurry shape (c) a sock that smells awful (d) a far-off still tree
- 27.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) smell (b) sight (c) taste (d) touch
- 29.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn falls into a watch; the watch chases a pillow; the pillow tickles an onion; the onion sings to a jalebi. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) pillow (b) onion (c) jalebi (d) urn
- 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “paani” means water. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) water in a PAN (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) I AM eating a mango (d) a KNOCK on the nose
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot pulls a goat; the goat jumps over a key; the key sits on a duck; the duck bounces onto a kite. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) duck (b) key (c) goat (d) parrot
- 33.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: ideas with no links? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 34.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
- 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a coconut by the sofa, an ice cream by the kitchen, a pencil by the shoe rack, a flute by the TV, a mirror by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) flute (b) mirror (c) pencil (d) coconut
- 37.🔗 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
- 38.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 39.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 40.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a far-off still tree (d) a sock that smells awful
Answer key
- sock
- a bright red flying cow
- a weak picture
- sakhar
- images stick better
- step 2
- a SACK full of sugar
- new words in a language
- hear the new word
- take in water from soil
- tasting raw mango
- choose a place you know
- hear the new word
- flowers
- make it big and funny
- to keep the order
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- fix stops in order
- a weak picture
- choose a place you know
- taste
- a funny, moving one
- flower
- sight
- a sock that smells awful
- hear the new word
- sight
- put pictures at stops
- pillow
- water in a PAN
- parrot
- a poor mind map
- replay the story
- choose a place you know
- coconut
- picture the first item
- step 3
- put pictures at stops
- a sock that smells awful
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