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