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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 293 · 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.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent crashes into a parrot; the parrot chases a glass; the glass sings to a jalebi; the jalebi sits on a cat. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) parrot (b) glass (c) cat (d) jalebi
  2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute chases an ant; the ant crashes into a needle; the needle bounces onto a tent; the tent pulls a radio. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) flute (b) ant (c) tent (d) radio
  3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sits on a goat; the goat crashes into a kite; the kite tickles a whistle; the whistle rolls into a lamp. Which item comes right before the kite? (a) lamp (b) goat (c) apple (d) whistle
  4. 4.🔗 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
  5. 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  6. 6.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) it rhymes
  7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  8. 8.🔗 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
  9. 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket bounces onto a ball; the ball chases an umpire; the umpire sings to an anchor; the anchor falls into a kettle. Which item comes right before the umpire? (a) ball (b) anchor (c) umpire (d) kettle
  11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe bounces onto a tiger; the tiger chases an urn; the urn tickles a lemon; the lemon pulls an ant. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) tiger (b) urn (c) ant (d) shoe
  12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat bounces onto an umpire; the umpire sings to a lamp; the lamp jumps over an anchor; the anchor pulls a jalebi. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) anchor (b) lamp (c) umpire (d) jalebi
  13. 13.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
  14. 14.🔗 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
  15. 15.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) nothing changes (c) it comes back alone (d) you get an extra item
  16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon bounces onto a banana; the banana chases a nest; the nest jumps over a drum; the drum rolls into an anchor. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) spoon (b) nest (c) drum (d) banana
  17. 17.🔗 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
  18. 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant key crashes into a ladder; the ladder falls into an orange; the orange tickles a net; the net chases a frog. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) ladder (b) orange (c) frog (d) key
  20. 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  21. 21.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
  22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket sings to an igloo; the igloo rolls into a doll; the doll tickles a whistle; the whistle pulls a violin. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) whistle (b) igloo (c) bucket (d) doll
  23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava bounces onto a ladder; the ladder pulls an igloo; the igloo crashes into a kettle; the kettle sits on an onion. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ladder (b) guava (c) onion (d) igloo
  24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto a kite; the kite crashes into an anchor; the anchor jumps over a glass; the glass tickles a whistle. Which item comes right before the kite? (a) anchor (b) kite (c) kettle (d) glass
  25. 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle sings to a mirror; the mirror falls into a rose; the rose bounces onto an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into an inkpot. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) umbrella (b) rose (c) inkpot (d) mirror
  27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey sits on a lamp; the lamp pulls a radio; the radio jumps over a duck; the duck crashes into a jalebi. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) monkey (b) duck (c) lamp (d) radio
  28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger tickles an apple; the apple sings to a ladder; the ladder bounces onto a whistle; the whistle rolls into a needle. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) apple (b) whistle (c) needle (d) tiger
  29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror jumps over a spoon; the spoon bounces onto a watch; the watch sings to a lamp; the lamp rolls into a tomato. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) tomato (b) mirror (c) spoon (d) watch
  30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut chases a candle; the candle bounces onto a lemon; the lemon falls into a watch; the watch sings to a jug. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) coconut (b) jug (c) watch (d) lemon
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum tickles a coconut; the coconut crashes into a shoe; the shoe chases an onion; the onion pulls a pencil. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) pencil (b) coconut (c) drum (d) shoe
  32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball falls into a coconut; the coconut rolls into a jeep; the jeep sits on a kite; the kite sings to an owl. Which item comes right before the jeep? (a) kite (b) ball (c) owl (d) coconut
  33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant jumps over an inkpot; the inkpot pulls an apple; the apple falls into an igloo; the igloo sits on a ladder. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) igloo (b) ant (c) ladder (d) apple
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto a parrot; the parrot pulls a violin; the violin falls into a frog; the frog crashes into a kite. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) parrot (b) candle (c) kite (d) frog
  35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite sits on an umpire; the umpire sings to an apple; the apple tickles a ladder; the ladder bounces onto a monkey. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) umpire (b) apple (c) kite (d) ladder
  36. 36.🔗 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
  37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava rolls into a banana; the banana bounces onto a key; the key sits on a doll; the doll jumps over a drum. Which item comes right after the banana? (a) guava (b) key (c) doll (d) drum
  38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn bounces onto a tent; the tent jumps over a net; the net sits on a banana; the banana tickles an apple. Which item comes right after the banana? (a) apple (b) banana (c) urn (d) tent
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot sits on a van; the van falls into a rose; the rose chases a tiger; the tiger pulls a drum. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) parrot (b) tiger (c) van (d) drum
  40. 40.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story

Answer key

  1. jalebi
  2. tent
  3. goat
  4. the pen stirring tea
  5. step 3
  6. each link leads on
  7. step 2
  8. link it to the next item
  9. keep linking in order
  10. ball
  11. urn
  12. umpire
  13. replay the story
  14. link it to the next item
  15. that item is lost
  16. drum
  17. picture the first item
  18. step 1
  19. ladder
  20. step 4
  21. funny actions
  22. bucket
  23. ladder
  24. kettle
  25. keep linking in order
  26. mirror
  27. lamp
  28. tiger
  29. spoon
  30. coconut
  31. pencil
  32. coconut
  33. igloo
  34. kite
  35. umpire
  36. link it to the next item
  37. key
  38. apple
  39. parrot
  40. picture the first item

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