Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 225 · 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) guess (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant net chases a tomato; the tomato pulls a rope; the rope tickles a jug; the jug sits on a vase. Which item comes right before the tomato? (a) vase (b) tomato (c) net (d) jug
3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent crashes into a lemon; the lemon pulls a duck; the duck sings to a sock; the sock chases a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) tent (b) lemon (c) duck (d) ball
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock falls into a rose; the rose sits on a whistle; the whistle crashes into a glass; the glass pulls a candle. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) whistle (b) glass (c) rose (d) sock
5. 5.🔗 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
6. 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl chases a sock; the sock falls into an onion; the onion sits on a spoon; the spoon crashes into a coconut. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) sock (b) onion (c) coconut (d) owl
7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
8. 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
9. 9.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) it comes back alone
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger chases a coconut; the coconut bounces onto a nest; the nest crashes into a guava; the guava tickles a mango. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) guava (b) tiger (c) coconut (d) mango
11. 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon sings to a cat; the cat crashes into a parrot; the parrot sits on a pillow; the pillow falls into a rope. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) rope (b) parrot (c) cat (d) pillow
13. 13.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) each link leads on (c) it rhymes (d) stories are short
14. 14.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen stirring tea (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
15. 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
16. 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
17. 17.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
18. 18.🔗 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
19. 19.🔗 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
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor sits on a tomato; the tomato sings to a candle; the candle pulls a sock; the sock falls into a tent. Which item comes right before the tent? (a) tent (b) sock (c) tomato (d) candle
21. 21.🔗 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
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow sings to a frog; the frog pulls a tomato; the tomato rolls into a radio; the radio chases a shoe. Which item comes right before the shoe? (a) tomato (b) pillow (c) radio (d) shoe
23. 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck chases a radio; the radio rolls into a nest; the nest tickles a jeep; the jeep pulls an ant. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) nest (b) radio (c) duck (d) jeep
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange chases a frog; the frog sits on a net; the net rolls into a guava; the guava falls into a tiger. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) orange (b) frog (c) guava (d) net
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder bounces onto a lemon; the lemon crashes into a ball; the ball falls into an ant; the ant rolls into a drum. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) drum (b) ball (c) lemon (d) ladder
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon rolls into a violin; the violin jumps over a fan; the fan crashes into a glass; the glass falls into a spoon. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) lemon (b) spoon (c) glass (d) violin
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion tickles a tiger; the tiger sits on an igloo; the igloo pulls a mango; the mango rolls into a guava. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) onion (b) guava (c) tiger (d) igloo
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon tickles an igloo; the igloo chases a fan; the fan sits on a tomato; the tomato jumps over a key. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) tomato (b) igloo (c) lemon (d) fan
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder rolls into a violin; the violin crashes into an onion; the onion bounces onto a ball; the ball sits on a pillow. Which item comes right after the violin? (a) ball (b) pillow (c) violin (d) onion
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose pulls a net; the net rolls into a drum; the drum sits on a ball; the ball sings to an urn. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ball (b) drum (c) rose (d) net
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe falls into a jug; the jug sings to a bucket; the bucket chases a needle; the needle tickles an apple. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) bucket (b) jug (c) needle (d) shoe
33. 33.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin sings to a coconut; the coconut bounces onto a doll; the doll falls into a fan; the fan jumps over a guava. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) fan (b) guava (c) violin (d) doll
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sings to a parrot; the parrot chases a vase; the vase falls into a violin; the violin jumps over a lamp. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) parrot (b) needle (c) violin (d) vase
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon pulls a violin; the violin bounces onto an ant; the ant rolls into a duck; the duck falls into a guava. Which item comes right after the duck? (a) ant (b) lemon (c) guava (d) violin
37. 37.🔗 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
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror falls into an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a doll; the doll chases a mango; the mango bounces onto an inkpot. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) mirror (b) mango (c) doll (d) inkpot
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot crashes into a pencil; the pencil tickles a goat; the goat bounces onto a coconut; the coconut falls into a duck. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) coconut (b) inkpot (c) goat (d) pencil
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot jumps over a glass; the glass pulls a needle; the needle tickles a rope; the rope sits on an umpire. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) glass (b) inkpot (c) needle (d) rope

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