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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) funny actions (c) colours only (d) plain lists
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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
- step 1
- flute
- orange
- funny actions
- lemon
- mango
- picture the first item
- link it to the next item
- picture the first item
- step 2
- orange
- that item is lost
- keep linking in order
- apple
- nest
- each link leads on
- bucket
- replay the story
- step 3
- apple
- cat
- sock
- duck
- link it to the next item
- keep linking in order
- frog
- nest
- inkpot
- step 4
- tomato
- violin
- doll
- tiger
- jug
- monkey
- link it to the next item
- igloo
- the pen stirring tea
- kite
- violin
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