Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 343 · 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.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) that item is lost (c) it comes back alone (d) nothing changes
2. 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball sits on a radio; the radio pulls a coconut; the coconut jumps over an ant; the ant chases a fan. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) ant (b) fan (c) coconut (d) ball
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant mango rolls into a van; the van bounces onto a rose; the rose sits on a pencil; the pencil crashes into a duck. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) rose (b) mango (c) pencil (d) duck
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot bounces onto a goat; the goat falls into an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into a bucket; the bucket jumps over an owl. Which item comes right after the umbrella? (a) owl (b) umbrella (c) goat (d) bucket
6. 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
7. 7.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) guess
8. 8.🔗 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
9. 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose pulls a goat; the goat crashes into an owl; the owl jumps over an apple; the apple bounces onto an ant. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) goat (b) apple (c) rose (d) owl
11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe bounces onto a drum; the drum tickles a pillow; the pillow falls into a ball; the ball sings to a frog. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) pillow (b) shoe (c) frog (d) drum
12. 12.🔗 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
13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle pulls a banana; the banana sings to a net; the net chases a doll; the doll sits on an apple. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) banana (b) candle (c) apple (d) net
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle chases a bucket; the bucket pulls a guava; the guava sits on a cat; the cat rolls into a sock. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) candle (b) bucket (c) guava (d) cat
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep crashes into a monkey; the monkey falls into a key; the key sits on an inkpot; the inkpot jumps over a watch. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) watch (b) key (c) inkpot (d) jeep
16. 16.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor falls into an ice cream; the ice cream sings to an igloo; the igloo sits on a vase; the vase pulls a tent. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) vase (b) igloo (c) tent (d) ice cream
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon chases a candle; the candle bounces onto a van; the van tickles a nest; the nest crashes into an apple. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) candle (b) van (c) nest (d) apple
19. 19.🔗 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
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio pulls a van; the van chases a ball; the ball sings to an anchor; the anchor crashes into a flute. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) anchor (b) radio (c) flute (d) ball
21. 21.🔗 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
22. 22.🔗 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
23. 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
24. 24.🔗 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
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest falls into an urn; the urn sings to a rose; the rose bounces onto a kite; the kite crashes into a frog. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) urn (b) kite (c) rose (d) nest
26. 26.🔗 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
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo sings to a vase; the vase rolls into a rope; the rope jumps over a shoe; the shoe bounces onto a net. Which item comes right after the rope? (a) igloo (b) shoe (c) rope (d) vase
28. 28.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) colours only
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent bounces onto a radio; the radio falls into a jalebi; the jalebi sings to a sock; the sock pulls a tomato. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) tomato (b) sock (c) jalebi (d) tent
30. 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
31. 31.🔗 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
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder bounces onto an urn; the urn tickles a jalebi; the jalebi sits on an inkpot; the inkpot chases a shoe. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) jalebi (b) urn (c) ladder (d) shoe
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan chases a sock; the sock jumps over a coconut; the coconut falls into a ladder; the ladder sits on a watch. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) watch (b) fan (c) coconut (d) sock
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto a bucket; the bucket pulls an apple; the apple rolls into an ant; the ant sits on a pillow. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) ant (b) candle (c) pillow (d) apple
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a parrot; the parrot rolls into a fan; the fan sings to a goat; the goat chases a guava. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) goat (b) guava (c) parrot (d) fan
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep chases an igloo; the igloo falls into a ladder; the ladder tickles a key; the key bounces onto a wallet. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) igloo (b) wallet (c) key (d) ladder
37. 37.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon sits on a shoe; the shoe tickles a ball; the ball bounces onto an ant; the ant chases an apple. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) ball (b) shoe (c) apple (d) ant
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite falls into a tomato; the tomato tickles a net; the net jumps over a fan; the fan pulls a lamp. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) lamp (b) kite (c) tomato (d) net
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange bounces onto a lamp; the lamp tickles a rope; the rope chases a bucket; the bucket pulls an onion. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) onion (b) bucket (c) lamp (d) orange

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