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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 438 · 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin sits on a shoe; the shoe chases a tiger; the tiger bounces onto an ant; the ant sings to a flute. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) shoe (b) flute (c) violin (d) ant
  3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger falls into an orange; the orange sings to a net; the net crashes into a kite; the kite bounces onto an umbrella. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) net (b) orange (c) umbrella (d) tiger
  4. 4.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) funny actions (c) colours only (d) plain lists
  5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck chases a jug; the jug falls into a lemon; the lemon rolls into a parrot; the parrot pulls a net. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) jug (b) net (c) parrot (d) lemon
  6. 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi sits on an umbrella; the umbrella falls into a jug; the jug tickles a mango; the mango pulls a radio. Which item comes right after the jug? (a) umbrella (b) jalebi (c) mango (d) jug
  7. 7.🔗 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
  8. 8.🔗 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
  9. 9.🔗 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
  10. 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase sings to an orange; the orange rolls into a frog; the frog jumps over a duck; the duck tickles a kettle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) duck (b) vase (c) kettle (d) orange
  12. 12.🔗 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
  13. 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet tickles a doll; the doll falls into a jalebi; the jalebi crashes into an apple; the apple sits on a rope. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) wallet (b) apple (c) jalebi (d) rope
  15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant key sits on a nest; the nest falls into a needle; the needle pulls an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into an ant. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ant (b) ice cream (c) key (d) nest
  16. 16.🔗 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
  17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant van tickles a bucket; the bucket falls into a doll; the doll jumps over a shoe; the shoe rolls into a duck. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) bucket (b) duck (c) van (d) shoe
  18. 18.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
  19. 19.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple jumps over a net; the net sits on a kettle; the kettle pulls a bucket; the bucket crashes into a van. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) kettle (b) bucket (c) apple (d) net
  21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror bounces onto an onion; the onion pulls a cat; the cat jumps over an ant; the ant crashes into a glass. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) ant (b) glass (c) onion (d) cat
  22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon bounces onto a sock; the sock falls into a tiger; the tiger crashes into a van; the van chases an umbrella. Which item comes right after the spoon? (a) spoon (b) tiger (c) sock (d) umbrella
  23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil chases an inkpot; the inkpot bounces onto a duck; the duck pulls a parrot; the parrot crashes into a banana. Which item comes right before the parrot? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) duck (d) parrot
  24. 24.🔗 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
  25. 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder falls into a frog; the frog sings to a jug; the jug crashes into an ant; the ant pulls a pillow. Which item comes right after the ladder? (a) ant (b) ladder (c) jug (d) frog
  27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella rolls into an umpire; the umpire sits on an ice cream; the ice cream chases a nest; the nest tickles a van. Which item comes right before the van? (a) van (b) nest (c) ice cream (d) umbrella
  28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe sits on an anchor; the anchor jumps over a kettle; the kettle sings to an inkpot; the inkpot bounces onto a spoon. Which item comes right before the spoon? (a) kettle (b) inkpot (c) anchor (d) spoon
  29. 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin bounces onto a mirror; the mirror falls into an anchor; the anchor chases a tomato; the tomato tickles a net. Which item comes right before the net? (a) tomato (b) mirror (c) violin (d) anchor
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum crashes into a candle; the candle tickles a vase; the vase falls into a violin; the violin chases a van. Which item comes right before the van? (a) vase (b) candle (c) violin (d) drum
  32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket sits on a doll; the doll bounces onto an urn; the urn jumps over an umbrella; the umbrella falls into a coconut. Which item comes right after the bucket? (a) umbrella (b) doll (c) bucket (d) urn
  33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll pulls a lamp; the lamp rolls into a glass; the glass bounces onto a tiger; the tiger jumps over an orange. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) doll (b) orange (c) lamp (d) tiger
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug falls into a pencil; the pencil tickles a cat; the cat sings to a flute; the flute crashes into a bucket. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) cat (b) flute (c) pencil (d) jug
  35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey pulls a flute; the flute sings to a rose; the rose jumps over an orange; the orange tickles a fan. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) monkey (b) flute (c) fan (d) orange
  36. 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. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot jumps over a banana; the banana bounces onto an igloo; the igloo chases a key; the key tickles a tent. Which item comes right before the key? (a) parrot (b) banana (c) igloo (d) key
  38. 38.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) the pen stirring tea (c) neither (d) both the same
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet falls into a rope; the rope crashes into a guava; the guava chases a flute; the flute rolls into a kite. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) rope (b) kite (c) wallet (d) flute
  40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll crashes into a nest; the nest sits on a coconut; the coconut pulls a wallet; the wallet chases a violin. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) coconut (b) wallet (c) doll (d) violin

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. flute
  3. orange
  4. funny actions
  5. lemon
  6. mango
  7. picture the first item
  8. link it to the next item
  9. picture the first item
  10. step 2
  11. orange
  12. that item is lost
  13. keep linking in order
  14. apple
  15. nest
  16. each link leads on
  17. bucket
  18. replay the story
  19. step 3
  20. apple
  21. cat
  22. sock
  23. duck
  24. link it to the next item
  25. keep linking in order
  26. frog
  27. nest
  28. inkpot
  29. step 4
  30. tomato
  31. violin
  32. doll
  33. tiger
  34. jug
  35. monkey
  36. link it to the next item
  37. igloo
  38. the pen stirring tea
  39. kite
  40. violin

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