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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 21.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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
- jalebi
- tent
- goat
- the pen stirring tea
- step 3
- each link leads on
- step 2
- link it to the next item
- keep linking in order
- ball
- urn
- umpire
- replay the story
- link it to the next item
- that item is lost
- drum
- picture the first item
- step 1
- ladder
- step 4
- funny actions
- bucket
- ladder
- kettle
- keep linking in order
- mirror
- lamp
- tiger
- spoon
- coconut
- pencil
- coconut
- igloo
- kite
- umpire
- link it to the next item
- key
- apple
- parrot
- picture the first item
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