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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) read a new list (d) guess
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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
- link it to the next item
- doll
- step 2
- picture the first item
- that item is lost
- link it to the next item
- step 4
- step 3
- fan
- funny actions
- step 1
- lamp
- each link leads on
- guava
- monkey
- picture the first item
- candle
- replay the story
- picture the first item
- duck
- kettle
- net
- the pen stirring tea
- sock
- cat
- keep linking in order
- duck
- cat
- igloo
- link it to the next item
- nest
- picture the first item
- pencil
- fan
- picture the first item
- owl
- owl
- ice cream
- drum
- duck
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