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.🎨 How could you picture the idea “freedom”? (a) a blank page (b) nothing at all (c) the letters only (d) a bird leaving a cage
- 2.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
- 3.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) elephant (b) water (c) mango (d) nose
- 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) means the same (b) is always in Hindi (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
- 5.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 7.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a bright red flying cow (d) a bus made of ice
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: the word in small print? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 11.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) smelling jasmine (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) watching fireworks
- 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 13.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a banana by the TV, a jalebi by the dining table, an ice cream by the kitchen, a violin by the sofa, a doll by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) doll (b) banana (c) ice cream (d) jalebi
- 15.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) taste (b) sight (c) sound (d) smell
- 16.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) attract bees (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) have tiny pores
- 17.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 19.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) never again (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting salty chips (b) stroking soft fur (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) hearing a drum boom
- 23.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 24.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) make food using sunlight (b) green, flat and thin (c) holds up the leaves (d) have tiny pores
- 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “aam” means mango. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BATTLE in the clouds (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a school in a SHAWL (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) foot (b) rice (c) school (d) sugar
- 29.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 30.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) the word in small print (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a far-off still tree
- 31.🗣️ 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
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 34.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 37.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) the word’s meaning (c) a random colour (d) nothing else
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a pencil that dances (d) a mango that sings
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle falls into a ladder; the ladder tickles a cat; the cat sits on a rope; the rope rolls into a goat. Which item comes right after the ladder? (a) ladder (b) goat (c) cat (d) rope
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) skin (b) eyes (c) tongue (d) nose
Answer key
- a bird leaving a cage
- that item is lost
- water
- sounds like the new word
- True
- a weak picture
- a far-off still tree
- a strong picture
- picture the first item
- a weak picture
- smelling jasmine
- step 4
- step 2
- doll
- taste
- attract bees
- False
- step 1
- later today and tomorrow
- step 4
- step 3
- smelling a stinky sock
- the method of loci
- a strong picture
- step 4
- holds up the leaves
- I AM eating a mango
- rice
- picture the first item
- a giant pink elephant
- hear the new word
- choose a place you know
- a good mind map
- False
- False
- a poor mind map
- the word’s meaning
- a pale, tiny dot
- cat
- skin
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