Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 300 · 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch crashes into a flute; the flute jumps over a jeep; the jeep bounces onto a doll; the doll pulls a lemon. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) jeep (b) watch (c) doll (d) flute
3. 3.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) funny actions (c) numbers (d) colours only
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll tickles a cat; the cat sings to a duck; the duck chases a rose; the rose falls into a shoe. Which item comes right before the cat? (a) shoe (b) cat (c) doll (d) duck
5. 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
6. 6.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) guess (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
7. 7.🔗 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
8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll rolls into an anchor; the anchor crashes into a net; the net chases a tomato; the tomato falls into a cat. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) tomato (b) net (c) doll (d) cat
9. 9.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) that item is lost (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone
10. 10.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
11. 11.🔗 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
12. 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. 13.🔗 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
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sings to a lemon; the lemon falls into a bucket; the bucket chases a flute; the flute sits on a tent. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) lemon (b) van (c) flute (d) bucket
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sings to a tomato; the tomato crashes into a goat; the goat jumps over a kettle; the kettle bounces onto a pencil. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) tomato (b) pencil (c) needle (d) goat
16. 16.🔗 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
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock sings to a bucket; the bucket chases a coconut; the coconut rolls into an umpire; the umpire crashes into a duck. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) duck (b) coconut (c) umpire (d) bucket
18. 18.🔗 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
19. 19.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) each link leads on (d) it rhymes
20. 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella chases a wallet; the wallet sings to a sock; the sock jumps over a monkey; the monkey crashes into an anchor. Which item comes right before the monkey? (a) sock (b) anchor (c) umbrella (d) wallet
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite sits on a mango; the mango bounces onto a whistle; the whistle crashes into an anchor; the anchor pulls a monkey. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) mango (b) kite (c) monkey (d) whistle
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava crashes into a sock; the sock sings to a coconut; the coconut rolls into a violin; the violin tickles a jalebi. Which item comes right after the violin? (a) guava (b) coconut (c) jalebi (d) sock
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow falls into a ladder; the ladder rolls into a sock; the sock crashes into a flute; the flute bounces onto a jeep. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) pillow (b) ladder (c) sock (d) jeep
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan falls into an umpire; the umpire crashes into an umbrella; the umbrella chases a sock; the sock bounces onto a coconut. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) fan (b) umpire (c) umbrella (d) coconut
26. 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock rolls into an umpire; the umpire pulls a lemon; the lemon jumps over a flute; the flute crashes into a radio. Which item comes right after the sock? (a) sock (b) radio (c) umpire (d) flute
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant falls into a net; the net sits on a ball; the ball tickles a bucket; the bucket jumps over a frog. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) bucket (b) net (c) ball (d) ant
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant net sings to a bucket; the bucket falls into a banana; the banana pulls a mirror; the mirror rolls into a glass. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) bucket (b) net (c) glass (d) mirror
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat rolls into an umpire; the umpire jumps over a pillow; the pillow tickles a goat; the goat sings to an inkpot. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) inkpot (b) cat (c) pillow (d) umpire
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder bounces onto a jalebi; the jalebi chases a flute; the flute falls into a bucket; the bucket rolls into a ball. Which item comes right before the jalebi? (a) ladder (b) flute (c) bucket (d) ball
32. 32.🔗 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
33. 33.🔗 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
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite pulls a shoe; the shoe tickles a pencil; the pencil sings to a drum; the drum jumps over a kettle. Which item comes right before the shoe? (a) kettle (b) kite (c) drum (d) pencil
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll crashes into a jug; the jug tickles a van; the van chases an ice cream; the ice cream sings to an inkpot. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) jug (b) ice cream (c) doll (d) van
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock pulls a nest; the nest sits on a flute; the flute chases a wallet; the wallet jumps over a jalebi. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) jalebi (b) flute (c) wallet (d) sock
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger chases a jug; the jug rolls into a flute; the flute sings to a rose; the rose falls into a goat. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) jug (b) flute (c) rose (d) tiger
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger tickles an igloo; the igloo chases a sock; the sock jumps over a cat; the cat pulls a monkey. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) igloo (b) monkey (c) sock (d) tiger
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball bounces onto a key; the key crashes into a pencil; the pencil jumps over a frog; the frog rolls into a spoon. Which item comes right before the frog? (a) pencil (b) spoon (c) ball (d) key
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava rolls into an ice cream; the ice cream crashes into an orange; the orange tickles a pillow; the pillow chases an urn. Which item comes right before the pillow? (a) guava (b) ice cream (c) orange (d) urn

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