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 school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a spoon by the classroom door, a duck by the teacher’s desk, a rose by the blackboard, an onion by the playground, an umpire by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) rose (b) onion (c) duck (d) umpire
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the school gate, a fan by the notice board, a coconut by the classroom door, a lamp by the stairs. Where did you place the frog? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) teacher’s desk (d) school gate
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 5.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) water (b) key (c) monkey (d) nose
- 7.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) touch (b) sound (c) sight (d) taste
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) keep it still (c) make it big and funny (d) make it small and plain
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) each link leads on (c) it rhymes (d) stories are short
- 13.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a dull white wall (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a pencil that dances
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a fan by the stairs, an anchor by the classroom door, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the blackboard, a banana by the library. Where did you place the goat? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
- 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) nose (b) cat (c) flower (d) key
- 19.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) copying a whole page (b) ideas with no links (c) topic in a corner (d) one key word per branch
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) read words (b) see colours (c) smell food (d) taste salty
- 22.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) smell (b) taste (c) touch (d) sight
- 26.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 27.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear voices” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a cat by the swing, a lemon by the park gate, a rose by the slide, an urn by the bench, a banana by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) cat (b) banana (c) rose (d) urn
- 31.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) use no route
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) elephant (b) sugar (c) mango (d) book
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl tickles a doll; the doll pulls an orange; the orange bounces onto a mango; the mango falls into a violin. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) doll (b) mango (c) owl (d) orange
- 35.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 38.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 39.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 40.🔗 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
Answer key
- umpire
- teacher’s desk
- a strong picture
- step 1
- a weak picture
- water
- replay the story
- taste
- fix stops in order
- make it big and funny
- put pictures at stops
- each link leads on
- a dull white wall
- blackboard
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- flower
- one key word per branch
- step 1
- smell food
- True
- choose a place you know
- keep linking in order
- touch
- a poor mind map
- False
- False
- False
- rose
- add more stops
- book
- step 3
- owl
- True
- link it to the meaning
- step 4
- link it to the next item
- to keep the order
- link it to the next item
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