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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling jasmine? (a) smell (b) sound (c) taste (d) touch
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin pulls an orange; the orange tickles a glass; the glass jumps over a radio; the radio sits on a kite. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) orange (b) kite (c) radio (d) violin
- 4.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) water in a PAN (c) a CHUBBY key (d) I NEED sleep
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a parrot by the kitchen, a mango by the sofa, a wallet by the dining table, a jalebi by the TV, an orange by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) mango (b) jalebi (c) wallet (d) orange
- 7.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) colours only (c) numbers (d) plain lists
- 8.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) the word in small print (c) a list of words only (d) a pencil that dances
- 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 11.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it rhymes (c) it uses numbers (d) each link leads on
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a key by the bed, a pillow by the TV, a guava by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, a glass by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) key (b) glass (c) pillow (d) goat
- 13.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 14.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a DOLL with big eyes (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 15.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a plain grey box (c) a mango that sings (d) a giant pink elephant
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a lamp by the park gate, a guava by the post box, a drum by the banyan tree, a banana by the fruit cart, a tiger by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) banana (b) guava (c) lamp (d) tiger
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) neend (c) bhaat (d) chaabi
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 19.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaabi” is “a CHUBBY key”. What does “chaabi” mean? (a) sugar (b) key (c) foot (d) mango
- 21.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) elephant (b) banana (c) rocket (d) honesty
- 23.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it grey (b) make it small and plain (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) make seeds (b) green, flat and thin (c) carries food to parts (d) hold the plant firm
- 25.🏰 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
- 26.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a whistle? (a) sight (b) touch (c) smell (d) sound
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) hear a bell (b) taste sweet (c) taste salty (d) feel rough or smooth
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 29.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a frog wearing a crown? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 30.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling a stinky sock? (a) sight (b) sound (c) smell (d) touch
- 31.True or false: “a pencil that dances” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “a colour for each branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) carries water upward (c) turn into fruit (d) holds up the leaves
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
- 36.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) I NEED sleep (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a tree on a note PAD
- 38.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel rough or smooth” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔗 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
Answer key
- step 2
- smell
- violin
- I NEED sleep
- step 3
- mango
- funny actions
- a pencil that dances
- step 3
- step 2
- each link leads on
- goat
- later today and tomorrow
- a DOLL with big eyes
- a plain grey box
- tiger
- neend
- keep linking in order
- to keep the order
- key
- True
- honesty
- make it big and funny
- green, flat and thin
- put pictures at stops
- sound
- feel rough or smooth
- step 4
- a strong picture
- smell
- True
- False
- turn into fruit
- step 1
- a KNOCK on the nose
- link it to the next item
- a tree on a note PAD
- False
- False
- link it to the next item
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