Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 200 · 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
2. 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
4. 4.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
5. 5.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) numbers
6. 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava falls into a kite; the kite sings to an apple; the apple tickles a duck; the duck jumps over a mango. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) apple (b) duck (c) kite (d) guava
7. 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato crashes into a van; the van falls into a goat; the goat rolls into a coconut; the coconut jumps over a sock. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) coconut (b) goat (c) sock (d) van
9. 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
10. 10.🔗 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
11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil sits on a sock; the sock tickles a tomato; the tomato falls into a coconut; the coconut rolls into an orange. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) sock (b) coconut (c) pencil (d) orange
12. 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
13. 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. 14.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) you get an extra item (d) it comes back alone
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon rolls into an onion; the onion chases a pencil; the pencil tickles an anchor; the anchor sits on a rose. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) pencil (b) lemon (c) onion (d) anchor
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant falls into a doll; the doll bounces onto a bucket; the bucket jumps over a cat; the cat crashes into an igloo. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ant (b) doll (c) bucket (d) cat
17. 17.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest chases a watch; the watch sits on an anchor; the anchor jumps over a duck; the duck tickles a lamp. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) lamp (b) watch (c) anchor (d) duck
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe bounces onto a kettle; the kettle sits on an owl; the owl crashes into a sock; the sock tickles a lamp. Which item comes right after the sock? (a) shoe (b) owl (c) lamp (d) sock
20. 20.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen stirring tea (c) neither (d) the pen near a cup
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl bounces onto an apple; the apple sits on an umbrella; the umbrella chases a duck; the duck rolls into a mango. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) umbrella (b) duck (c) mango (d) apple
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep bounces onto a duck; the duck pulls a coconut; the coconut sits on a banana; the banana sings to a wallet. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) jeep (b) banana (c) duck (d) coconut
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat pulls a pillow; the pillow tickles a spoon; the spoon crashes into a tiger; the tiger jumps over a mango. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) pillow (b) tiger (c) cat (d) mango
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil jumps over a whistle; the whistle rolls into a bucket; the bucket sings to a rope; the rope bounces onto a fan. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) rope (b) whistle (c) fan (d) bucket
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose sings to an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over an umbrella; the umbrella tickles an umpire; the umpire crashes into a flute. Which item comes right before the umpire? (a) inkpot (b) rose (c) flute (d) umbrella
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow jumps over a jug; the jug crashes into a key; the key falls into an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a flute. Which item comes right before the jug? (a) jug (b) pillow (c) umbrella (d) key
27. 27.🔗 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
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest sits on a drum; the drum pulls an apple; the apple chases a mirror; the mirror jumps over an orange. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) mirror (b) nest (c) orange (d) apple
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope tickles a van; the van sits on a radio; the radio rolls into a drum; the drum sings to a goat. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) rope (b) radio (c) goat (d) van
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose falls into a needle; the needle chases a pillow; the pillow rolls into a banana; the banana jumps over a jeep. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) pillow (b) rose (c) needle (d) banana
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella tickles a jalebi; the jalebi falls into an anchor; the anchor sits on a fan; the fan jumps over a lemon. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) lemon (b) umbrella (c) anchor (d) jalebi
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp bounces onto a lemon; the lemon crashes into a goat; the goat chases a doll; the doll pulls an owl. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) owl (b) doll (c) lamp (d) goat
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire chases a radio; the radio rolls into a wallet; the wallet sits on a bucket; the bucket jumps over a parrot. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) bucket (b) wallet (c) radio (d) umpire
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella crashes into a frog; the frog pulls a jug; the jug bounces onto a wallet; the wallet sits on a flute. Which item comes right after the wallet? (a) wallet (b) frog (c) flute (d) jug
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey bounces onto a violin; the violin crashes into an onion; the onion jumps over a lemon; the lemon sings to a coconut. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) onion (b) monkey (c) lemon (d) violin
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant net rolls into a radio; the radio bounces onto a flute; the flute chases a tent; the tent crashes into a banana. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) flute (b) net (c) radio (d) tent
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor sings to a flute; the flute rolls into a needle; the needle sits on a frog; the frog crashes into a rose. Which item comes right after the anchor? (a) rose (b) frog (c) anchor (d) flute
38. 38.🔗 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
39. 39.🔗 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
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon falls into a rope; the rope crashes into a jug; the jug tickles a tomato; the tomato chases a fan. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) jug (b) fan (c) rope (d) spoon

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