Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 103 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Each item pulls the next): Steps: picture the first item → link it to the next item → keep linking in order → replay the story. Use actions, not places: “a pen stirring tea in a cup” beats “a pen near a cup”. Every item needs its own link; skip one and that item is lost.

1. 1.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
2. 2.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) it rhymes (c) stories are short (d) it uses numbers
3. 3.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) guess
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock pulls a radio; the radio falls into a tomato; the tomato sings to a key; the key crashes into a mirror. Which item comes right before the key? (a) sock (b) tomato (c) radio (d) mirror
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion crashes into an orange; the orange rolls into an ant; the ant sits on a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a jug. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) onion (b) orange (c) bucket (d) ant
6. 6.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) both the same
7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange bounces onto a kettle; the kettle rolls into a duck; the duck sits on a guava; the guava pulls a lamp. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) guava (b) lamp (c) kettle (d) duck
9. 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch crashes into a shoe; the shoe bounces onto a coconut; the coconut jumps over a wallet; the wallet sings to an owl. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) coconut (b) wallet (c) shoe (d) watch
10. 10.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) funny actions
11. 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
12. 12.🔗 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
13. 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass crashes into a tent; the tent pulls an ant; the ant jumps over an apple; the apple bounces onto a lemon. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) apple (b) tent (c) ant (d) lemon
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent tickles a mango; the mango sits on a parrot; the parrot bounces onto an orange; the orange crashes into a monkey. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) monkey (b) mango (c) orange (d) tent
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase pulls a lemon; the lemon crashes into a rope; the rope bounces onto a frog; the frog falls into a coconut. Which item comes right before the rope? (a) vase (b) rope (c) lemon (d) frog
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo sits on a radio; the radio crashes into a sock; the sock bounces onto a ball; the ball jumps over a net. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) net (b) igloo (c) sock (d) ball
18. 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo crashes into a nest; the nest pulls a bucket; the bucket chases a ladder; the ladder bounces onto an owl. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) igloo (b) bucket (c) owl (d) ladder
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent chases an ant; the ant tickles a coconut; the coconut sings to a jalebi; the jalebi falls into a ball. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) jalebi (b) tent (c) ant (d) ball
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut crashes into a cat; the cat bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream sings to a candle; the candle falls into a sock. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) candle (b) cat (c) ice cream (d) coconut
22. 22.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
23. 23.🔗 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
24. 24.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) nothing changes (d) that item is lost
25. 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant key bounces onto a cat; the cat rolls into a ball; the ball tickles a van; the van sits on a radio. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) van (b) key (c) ball (d) cat
27. 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
28. 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella chases a spoon; the spoon jumps over a coconut; the coconut bounces onto a kite; the kite sits on a net. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) spoon (b) net (c) coconut (d) kite
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sits on an inkpot; the inkpot falls into a jalebi; the jalebi sings to an owl. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) anchor (b) vase (c) jalebi (d) inkpot
31. 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
32. 32.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow crashes into an onion; the onion jumps over a sock; the sock sings to a mango; the mango pulls a nest. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) nest (b) onion (c) sock (d) mango
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire sits on a fan; the fan chases a net; the net tickles a tent; the tent crashes into an urn. Which item comes right after the net? (a) tent (b) umpire (c) urn (d) fan
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sings to a jalebi; the jalebi pulls a tent; the tent jumps over a bucket; the bucket chases a banana. Which item comes right before the jalebi? (a) bucket (b) wallet (c) jalebi (d) banana
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger pulls a mirror; the mirror crashes into a kettle; the kettle falls into an anchor; the anchor sits on a duck. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) duck (b) kettle (c) tiger (d) mirror
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant mango sings to a tiger; the tiger falls into a kite; the kite bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a shoe. Which item comes right before the tiger? (a) tiger (b) mango (c) ice cream (d) shoe
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sings to a radio; the radio pulls a fan; the fan bounces onto an umpire; the umpire rolls into a tiger. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) umpire (b) apple (c) tiger (d) radio
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle rolls into a bucket; the bucket sings to a mango; the mango bounces onto an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over a pencil. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) kettle (b) bucket (c) mango (d) inkpot
40. 40.🔗 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

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