Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method
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.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) colours only
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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
- funny actions
- keep linking in order
- flute
- step 3
- each link leads on
- picture the first item
- replay the story
- keep linking in order
- step 4
- ant
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- shoe
- pillow
- wallet
- watch
- needle
- spoon
- step 2
- kite
- link it to the next item
- guava
- the pen stirring tea
- banana
- orange
- picture the first item
- link it to the next item
- picture the first item
- banana
- pencil
- wallet
- picture the first item
- mirror
- goat
- umbrella
- picture the first item
- pencil
- fan
- key
- kite
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