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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
- 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe pulls a needle; the needle sits on a ball; the ball chases a doll; the doll bounces onto a wallet. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) doll (b) wallet (c) ball (d) shoe
- 3.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) both the same
- 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “baadal” is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. What does “baadal” mean? (a) elephant (b) tree (c) fish (d) cloud
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an ice cream by the bench, a rope by the slide, a tomato by the swing, a needle by the fruit cart, a key by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) needle (b) rope (c) tomato (d) ice cream
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) grow under the ground (c) take in water from soil (d) hold the plant firm
- 7.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling wet earth (b) smelling jasmine (c) hands in icy water (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 8.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 9.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) elephant (c) banana (d) honesty
- 10.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant crashes into a candle; the candle jumps over a flute; the flute falls into a jeep; the jeep bounces onto a radio. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) candle (b) flute (c) jeep (d) radio
- 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 14.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a giant pink elephant (c) the word in small print (d) a kite as big as a house
- 15.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) smell (b) sound (c) taste (d) touch
- 16.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it is longer (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it hides the ideas
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a shoe by the dining table, a needle by the kitchen, a monkey by the TV, a mango by the bed, a net by the sofa. Where did you place the needle? (a) bed (b) sofa (c) kitchen (d) dining table
- 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a kite as big as a house? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava chases a pillow; the pillow falls into a cat; the cat pulls a ball; the ball bounces onto an igloo. Which item comes right after the pillow? (a) guava (b) cat (c) pillow (d) ball
- 21.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) stroking soft fur (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) seeing a glowing star (d) tasting salty chips
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase sits on an igloo; the igloo chases a lamp; the lamp falls into a glass; the glass sings to a radio. Which item comes right after the lamp? (a) vase (b) radio (c) glass (d) lamp
- 24.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a tree on a note PAD (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
- 25.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🎨 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
- 28.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 29.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) all in one colour (d) lines that link ideas
- 30.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 31.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) each link leads on (d) it rhymes
- 32.🎨 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
- 33.🗣️ 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
- 34.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
- 35.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) topic in a corner (c) small doodles (d) a colour for each branch
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an urn by the school gate, an apple by the classroom door, a jeep by the notice board, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the stairs. Where did you place the jeep? (a) notice board (b) school gate (c) stairs (d) classroom door
- 38.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 39.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) long sentences (c) copying a whole page (d) topic in a corner
Answer key
- add more stops
- shoe
- the pen stirring tea
- cloud
- ice cream
- holds up the leaves
- hands in icy water
- a poor mind map
- honesty
- keep linking in order
- a strong picture
- flute
- step 3
- the word in small print
- sound
- it shows how ideas link
- choose a place you know
- kitchen
- a strong picture
- cat
- replay the story
- tasting salty chips
- glass
- a CHUBBY key
- True
- put pictures at stops
- a bird leaving a cage
- step 3
- lines that link ideas
- step 1
- each link leads on
- make it big and funny
- hear the new word
- funny actions
- a weak picture
- topic in a corner
- notice board
- step 2
- True
- topic in the centre
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