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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 410 · 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.🔗 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
  2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass chases a tiger; the tiger pulls a doll; the doll crashes into a spoon; the spoon falls into a frog. Which item comes right before the spoon? (a) spoon (b) glass (c) tiger (d) doll
  3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  4. 4.🔗 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
  5. 5.🔗 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
  6. 6.🔗 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
  7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  8. 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  9. 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sings to an ant; the ant tickles a shoe; the shoe rolls into a fan; the fan bounces onto a frog. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) fan (b) shoe (c) frog (d) ant
  10. 10.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
  11. 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion falls into a doll; the doll tickles an owl; the owl bounces onto a lamp; the lamp crashes into a bucket. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) bucket (b) lamp (c) doll (d) owl
  13. 13.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
  14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana falls into a guava; the guava sings to a net; the net crashes into a jug; the jug chases a goat. Which item comes right before the net? (a) guava (b) net (c) banana (d) jug
  15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn rolls into a monkey; the monkey sings to a guava; the guava jumps over an umbrella; the umbrella chases a key. Which item comes right after the urn? (a) guava (b) monkey (c) key (d) umbrella
  16. 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
  17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle falls into a duck; the duck jumps over a radio; the radio chases an onion; the onion tickles a net. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) onion (b) candle (c) duck (d) net
  18. 18.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) guess
  19. 19.🔗 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
  20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant net crashes into an owl; the owl chases a monkey; the monkey falls into a van; the van sings to a duck. Which item comes right after the van? (a) net (b) owl (c) duck (d) monkey
  21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle rolls into an onion; the onion bounces onto an inkpot; the inkpot chases a kettle; the kettle sits on a van. Which item comes right after the inkpot? (a) onion (b) whistle (c) kettle (d) inkpot
  22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor sits on a vase; the vase bounces onto a fan; the fan crashes into a tomato; the tomato pulls a net. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) tomato (b) vase (c) fan (d) net
  23. 23.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) both the same
  24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo jumps over a vase; the vase crashes into a sock; the sock bounces onto a van; the van rolls into a doll. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) igloo (b) vase (c) van (d) sock
  25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin crashes into a cat; the cat bounces onto a pencil; the pencil pulls an orange; the orange sings to a spoon. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) orange (b) violin (c) pencil (d) cat
  26. 26.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan chases a jalebi; the jalebi jumps over a duck; the duck pulls a nest; the nest sits on an ant. Which item comes right after the jalebi? (a) jalebi (b) nest (c) ant (d) duck
  28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute crashes into a cat; the cat tickles a fan; the fan sings to an urn; the urn chases a shoe. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) fan (b) urn (c) flute (d) cat
  29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll bounces onto an umpire; the umpire pulls a parrot; the parrot tickles an igloo; the igloo rolls into a pillow. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umpire (b) parrot (c) doll (d) igloo
  30. 30.🔗 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
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava falls into a nest; the nest bounces onto a monkey; the monkey sings to a ladder; the ladder chases a lamp. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) guava (b) ladder (c) nest (d) monkey
  32. 32.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
  33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire rolls into a pencil; the pencil bounces onto a ball; the ball tickles a vase; the vase chases a needle. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) umpire (b) ball (c) vase (d) pencil
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato chases a fan; the fan sings to a doll; the doll tickles an owl; the owl rolls into a rose. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) tomato (b) owl (c) doll (d) fan
  35. 35.🔗 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
  36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant jumps over an onion; the onion crashes into an anchor; the anchor pulls a lemon; the lemon falls into an owl. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) anchor (b) onion (c) ant (d) owl
  37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl bounces onto an urn; the urn chases a jug; the jug sits on an anchor; the anchor pulls a rose. Which item comes right before the urn? (a) anchor (b) owl (c) rose (d) urn
  38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute pulls an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a nest; the nest jumps over a pencil; the pencil chases a duck. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) flute (c) nest (d) duck
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi jumps over a radio; the radio sings to a van; the van crashes into an urn; the urn sits on a drum. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) radio (b) jalebi (c) drum (d) urn
  40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin rolls into a key; the key tickles an onion; the onion pulls a duck; the duck sits on a radio. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) onion (b) violin (c) radio (d) duck

Answer key

  1. link it to the next item
  2. doll
  3. step 2
  4. picture the first item
  5. that item is lost
  6. link it to the next item
  7. step 4
  8. step 3
  9. fan
  10. funny actions
  11. step 1
  12. lamp
  13. each link leads on
  14. guava
  15. monkey
  16. picture the first item
  17. candle
  18. replay the story
  19. picture the first item
  20. duck
  21. kettle
  22. net
  23. the pen stirring tea
  24. sock
  25. cat
  26. keep linking in order
  27. duck
  28. cat
  29. igloo
  30. link it to the next item
  31. nest
  32. picture the first item
  33. pencil
  34. fan
  35. picture the first item
  36. owl
  37. owl
  38. ice cream
  39. drum
  40. duck

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