Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test
Memory tip (Notice, link, review): Find the topic: memory basics, a mnemonic, a picture or place method, or a study habit. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For sums: add gaps to the learning day, wrong answers = all − right, revision days = days − learning days.
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- 1.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an inkpot by the bus stop, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a nest by the banyan tree, a doll by the post box, a net by the park gate. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) bus stop (d) post box
- 2.🃏 You test yourself on 17 state capitals and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 3.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: revising before bed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 4.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 6.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 4 hours the night before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 7.👋 You pictured a new friend carrying many books. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Surya (b) Shanti (c) Anil (d) Vidya
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) make seeds
- 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) meaning makes it stick
- 10.🗣️ 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
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) hold the plant firm (c) turn into fruit (d) carries water upward
- 12.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) turn the TV on
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an owl by the dining table, a frog by the sofa, an anchor by the shoe rack, a banana by the kitchen, a pillow by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) frog (b) banana (c) owl (d) pillow
- 15.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “taste sweet” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) read, write, sleep (d) recall, store, notice
- 17.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 18.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) sell (c) knock (d) tell
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “sakhar” is “a SACK full of sugar”. What does “sakhar” mean? (a) sugar (b) eye (c) fish (d) sleep
- 21.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) long sentences (b) all in one colour (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) details on small twigs
- 22.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 23.🏰 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
- 24.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) key (b) rock (c) swing (d) bun
- 28.True or false: “feeling very stressed” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) games open on screen (c) checking messages (d) studying half-asleep
- 30.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) a desk full of toys
- 32.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 10, 13 (b) days 6, 10, 16 (c) all on day 16 (d) days 10, 14, 16
- 33.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) night (d) king
- 34.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a sweet brown treat”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) chocolat (b) chocolate (c) chocklate (d) choclate
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) studying very hungry (c) screens till midnight (d) hours with no break
- 36.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: never using the name? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 37.👋 You pictured a new friend in a bright ray of light. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Anil (b) Kamal (c) Kiran (d) Sagar
- 38.🃏 You test yourself on 11 flashcards and get 6 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Silly (b) Silly Wet Green (c) Wet Silly Green (d) Wet Green Silly
- 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) nothing else
Answer key
- bus stop
- 3
- helps memory
- False
- helps you keep it
- cramming
- Vidya
- make seeds
- meaning makes it stick
- link it to the meaning
- green, flat and thin
- read it again, focused
- picture the first item
- pillow
- False
- notice, store, recall
- close the book
- link it to the meaning
- knock
- sugar
- details on small twigs
- step 3
- fix stops in order
- False
- a memory trick
- step 4
- bun
- True
- a clear, tidy desk
- saffron
- a desk full of toys
- days 6, 10, 16
- king
- chocolate
- a calm, happy mind
- loses names
- Kiran
- 5
- Silly Wet Green
- the word’s meaning
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