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.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) smell flowers (b) taste salty (c) hear music (d) smell food
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sight (b) touch (c) sound (d) taste
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn falls into an ice cream; the ice cream jumps over an owl; the owl sings to a rope; the rope crashes into a wallet. Which item comes right after the owl? (a) rope (b) owl (c) urn (d) ice cream
- 5.🔗 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a shoe by the blackboard, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a mango by the library, a guava by the classroom door, a net by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) net (b) shoe (c) mango (d) ball
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) smell flowers (b) feel hot and cold (c) taste sweet (d) hear a bell
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) all in one colour (c) long sentences (d) a colour for each branch
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) take in water from soil (c) grow under the ground (d) have tiny pores
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger pulls a nest; the nest rolls into a fan; the fan crashes into a lamp; the lamp bounces onto a lemon. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) tiger (b) nest (c) fan (d) lamp
- 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi tickles a coconut; the coconut crashes into a doll; the doll chases a parrot; the parrot sits on a key. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) jalebi (b) doll (c) coconut (d) key
- 12.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) nose (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) skin
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “have tiny pores” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a bus made of ice (d) a normal-sized cup
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
- 22.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 24.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) stem
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) numbers
- 29.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) flowers (b) roots (c) stem (d) leaves
- 30.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a bus made of ice (c) a blurry shape (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio rolls into a net; the net sits on a wallet; the wallet jumps over a banana; the banana crashes into an umbrella. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) umbrella (b) net (c) radio (d) wallet
- 33.True or false: “a laughing tiffin box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 35.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 36.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) guess
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) lines that link ideas (c) details on small twigs (d) one key word per branch
- 38.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 39.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 40.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
Answer key
- hear music
- sound
- a weak picture
- rope
- link it to the next item
- ball
- hear a bell
- a colour for each branch
- have tiny pores
- nest
- doll
- a good mind map
- add more stops
- keep linking in order
- nose
- picture the first item
- leaves
- step 4
- a normal-sized cup
- fix stops in order
- to keep the order
- picture the first item
- a weak picture
- True
- stem
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- funny actions
- stem
- a bus made of ice
- put pictures at stops
- wallet
- False
- step 2
- step 1
- replay the story
- long sentences
- step 1
- step 4
- a good mind map
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