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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a parrot by the swing, a tomato by the post box, a doll by the banyan tree, a kettle by the fruit cart, an apple by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) apple (b) tomato (c) parrot (d) doll
- 3.🗣️ 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
- 4.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a lemon by the blackboard, a violin by the classroom door, a parrot by the library, an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the playground. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) violin (b) lemon (c) anchor (d) duck
- 6.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) colours only
- 7.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 8.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) touch (b) sound (c) sight (d) smell
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a kite by the slide, a radio by the banyan tree, an igloo by the park gate, an umpire by the swing, a pillow by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) pillow (b) igloo (c) radio (d) kite
- 10.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) carries water upward (c) carries food to parts (d) holds up the leaves
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hands in icy water (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) hearing a dog bark
- 14.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a rose by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the library, a spoon by the stairs, a drum by the classroom door, a coconut by the blackboard. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) rose (b) coconut (c) spoon (d) drum
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries food to parts (c) carries water upward (d) green, flat and thin
- 17.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) ears (b) skin (c) tongue (d) eyes
- 19.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make food using sunlight (c) have tiny pores (d) green, flat and thin
- 22.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell flowers” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) eyes (d) skin
- 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 27.🔗 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
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange crashes into a key; the key jumps over a frog; the frog tickles a candle; the candle falls into an umpire. Which item comes right after the orange? (a) orange (b) candle (c) key (d) frog
- 29.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 30.🗣️ In Hindi, “kitaab” means book. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a MAZE on a table
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) foot (b) mother (c) moon (d) school
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a drum by the TV, a candle by the kitchen, a guava by the dining table, a pillow by the sofa, an umbrella by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) candle (b) drum (c) umbrella (d) guava
- 33.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hands in icy water (b) hearing a dog bark (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) watching fireworks
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long sentences (b) topic in the centre (c) ideas with no links (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 35.🔗 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
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umbrella by the fruit cart, a coconut by the bus stop, a lamp by the banyan tree, a watch by the park gate, an urn by the post box. Where did you place the coconut? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) bus stop
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) make food using sunlight (c) hold the plant firm (d) grow under the ground
- 39.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a plain box
- 40.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) one key word per branch (c) small doodles (d) topic in a corner
Answer key
- replay the story
- tomato
- hear the new word
- step 1
- duck
- funny actions
- the pen stirring tea
- sight
- radio
- make food using sunlight
- step 1
- step 2
- seeing a red kite fly
- a funny, moving one
- coconut
- green, flat and thin
- False
- eyes
- link it to the meaning
- step 2
- hold the plant firm
- step 4
- step 1
- step 4
- nose
- hear the new word
- picture the first item
- key
- keep linking in order
- a book in a KIT bag
- mother
- drum
- hearing a dog bark
- topic in the centre
- link it to the next item
- choose a place you know
- bus stop
- carries food to parts
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- topic in a corner
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