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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 163 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) colours only
  2. 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute pulls a fan; the fan bounces onto a pillow; the pillow jumps over a tomato; the tomato tickles a kettle. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) flute (b) tomato (c) pillow (d) fan
  4. 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  5. 5.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) it rhymes (c) it uses numbers (d) stories are short
  6. 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
  7. 7.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
  8. 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  9. 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire sings to an ant; the ant rolls into a monkey; the monkey chases a pencil; the pencil crashes into a radio. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) pencil (b) monkey (c) umpire (d) ant
  11. 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  12. 12.🔗 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
  13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn sings to a spoon; the spoon chases a fan; the fan crashes into a shoe; the shoe sits on a jalebi. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) fan (b) urn (c) shoe (d) spoon
  14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat falls into a tomato; the tomato rolls into an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a pillow; the pillow crashes into an urn. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) tomato (b) umbrella (c) pillow (d) cat
  15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil falls into a wallet; the wallet crashes into a ladder; the ladder pulls a fan; the fan jumps over a whistle. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) fan (b) wallet (c) whistle (d) pencil
  16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire rolls into a bucket; the bucket jumps over a wallet; the wallet pulls a watch; the watch tickles a flute. Which item comes right after the wallet? (a) watch (b) umpire (c) bucket (d) wallet
  17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent crashes into a lemon; the lemon rolls into a drum; the drum falls into a needle; the needle tickles a duck. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) lemon (b) needle (c) duck (d) drum
  18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass bounces onto a spoon; the spoon pulls a tent; the tent jumps over a radio; the radio sings to a fan. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) spoon (b) glass (c) radio (d) fan
  19. 19.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope pulls a watch; the watch rolls into a kite; the kite chases an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a sock. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) kite (b) rope (c) watch (d) ice cream
  21. 21.🔗 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
  22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch sits on a rose; the rose pulls a guava; the guava sings to an inkpot; the inkpot crashes into a cat. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) rose (b) inkpot (c) watch (d) guava
  23. 23.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen stirring tea (c) the pen near a cup (d) both the same
  24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana tickles a doll; the doll crashes into a goat; the goat jumps over a nest; the nest chases a frog. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) banana (b) doll (c) goat (d) frog
  25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant key pulls an ice cream; the ice cream chases an orange; the orange sings to a tomato; the tomato rolls into an onion. Which item comes right before the tomato? (a) key (b) tomato (c) orange (d) ice cream
  26. 26.🔗 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
  27. 27.🔗 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
  28. 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
  29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot pulls a fan; the fan chases a banana; the banana sits on a goat; the goat crashes into a mirror. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) goat (b) fan (c) mirror (d) banana
  30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle bounces onto a glass; the glass rolls into a pencil; the pencil falls into a candle; the candle sings to an onion. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) glass (b) candle (c) pencil (d) needle
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle falls into a van; the van crashes into a rope; the rope pulls a wallet; the wallet sits on an urn. Which item comes right before the urn? (a) candle (b) van (c) urn (d) wallet
  32. 32.🔗 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
  33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot jumps over a glass; the glass pulls a monkey; the monkey sings to a candle; the candle falls into a mirror. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) candle (b) monkey (c) glass (d) mirror
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion bounces onto a ball; the ball sits on a lemon; the lemon sings to a rope; the rope tickles a goat. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) goat (b) ball (c) lemon (d) onion
  35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella falls into an ice cream; the ice cream crashes into a coconut; the coconut jumps over a tiger; the tiger sits on an onion. Which item comes right before the ice cream? (a) coconut (b) tiger (c) onion (d) umbrella
  36. 36.🔗 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
  37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio falls into a mirror; the mirror bounces onto a pencil; the pencil sings to a ball; the ball pulls a whistle. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) whistle (b) pencil (c) ball (d) mirror
  38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan tickles an inkpot; the inkpot sings to a glass; the glass crashes into a rope; the rope jumps over a wallet. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) fan (b) glass (c) rope (d) inkpot
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot tickles a key; the key rolls into a whistle; the whistle sings to an anchor; the anchor pulls an owl. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) whistle (b) anchor (c) owl (d) key
  40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose sits on a key; the key jumps over an anchor; the anchor tickles a bucket; the bucket falls into a kite. Which item comes right after the bucket? (a) kite (b) key (c) anchor (d) bucket

Answer key

  1. funny actions
  2. keep linking in order
  3. flute
  4. step 3
  5. each link leads on
  6. picture the first item
  7. replay the story
  8. keep linking in order
  9. step 4
  10. ant
  11. step 1
  12. link it to the next item
  13. shoe
  14. pillow
  15. wallet
  16. watch
  17. needle
  18. spoon
  19. step 2
  20. kite
  21. link it to the next item
  22. guava
  23. the pen stirring tea
  24. banana
  25. orange
  26. picture the first item
  27. link it to the next item
  28. picture the first item
  29. banana
  30. pencil
  31. wallet
  32. picture the first item
  33. mirror
  34. goat
  35. umbrella
  36. picture the first item
  37. pencil
  38. fan
  39. key
  40. kite

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