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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 2.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) banana (c) honesty (d) elephant
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an apple by the park gate, a jug by the banyan tree, an urn by the bus stop, a tent by the post box, a drum by the fruit cart. What did you place by the post box? (a) apple (b) drum (c) tent (d) jug
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) key (b) school (c) cat (d) moon
- 7.🗣️ 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
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) green, flat and thin (c) have tiny pores (d) make food using sunlight
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck jumps over an urn; the urn sits on a nest; the nest tickles a van; the van sings to a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) van (b) duck (c) nest (d) ball
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) small doodles (b) lines that link ideas (c) a colour for each branch (d) long sentences
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) a random colour (b) the word’s meaning (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 13.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
- 14.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 15.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 16.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell smoke” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a key by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the blackboard, an onion by the classroom door, an orange by the stairs, a monkey by the notice board. Where did you place the monkey? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) stairs
- 18.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
- 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaabi (c) phool (d) sakhar
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “dola” is “a DOLL with big eyes”. What does “dola” mean? (a) cloud (b) sleep (c) foot (d) eye
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the blackboard, an apple by the classroom door, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the notice board, a frog by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) frog (b) glass (c) apple (d) tomato
- 24.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) guess (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) holds up the leaves (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a watch by the post box, a lamp by the banyan tree, a vase by the fruit cart, a jug by the park gate, a cat by the swing. Where did you place the jug? (a) banyan tree (b) swing (c) park gate (d) post box
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) machhli (c) dola (d) bandar
- 29.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only once a year (d) no, never
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sits on a whistle; the whistle falls into an apple; the apple sings to a jeep; the jeep chases a doll. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) apple (b) whistle (c) jeep (d) van
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a dull white wall (d) a far-off still tree
- 33.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle crashes into a duck; the duck sings to a jalebi; the jalebi sits on a violin; the violin chases a guava. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) whistle (b) duck (c) violin (d) jalebi
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) smell food (b) feel a light touch (c) taste sour (d) hear a bell
- 38.🗣️ In Marathi, “shala” means school. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a school in a SHAWL (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) a DOLL with big eyes
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an urn by the blackboard, a drum by the classroom door, a glass by the notice board, a tiger by the stairs, a tent by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the tent? (a) teacher’s desk (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ant by the TV, a drum by the shoe rack, a shoe by the door, a nest by the gate, a lamp by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ant (b) nest (c) shoe (d) drum
Answer key
- hear the new word
- honesty
- tent
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- moon
- link it to the meaning
- take in water from soil
- duck
- long sentences
- the word’s meaning
- step 1
- sounds like the new word
- a good mind map
- step 4
- True
- notice board
- the pen stirring tea
- phool
- step 2
- put pictures at stops
- eye
- glass
- replay the story
- holds up the leaves
- step 4
- park gate
- dola
- yes, with new pictures
- apple
- step 3
- a bright red flying cow
- new words in a language
- picture the first item
- choose a place you know
- jalebi
- smell food
- a school in a SHAWL
- teacher’s desk
- shoe
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