Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 500 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a whistle; the whistle rolls into a goat; the goat bounces onto a mirror; the mirror tickles an ant. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ant (b) goat (c) rose (d) whistle
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire jumps over a wallet; the wallet bounces onto a guava; the guava sings to a bucket; the bucket chases a pencil. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) bucket (b) umpire (c) pencil (d) wallet
3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
4. 4.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle tickles a nest; the nest sings to a spoon; the spoon jumps over a cat; the cat pulls an apple. Which item comes right after the spoon? (a) apple (b) cat (c) nest (d) kettle
6. 6.🔗 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
7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle falls into a goat; the goat sings to a shoe; the shoe bounces onto a candle; the candle jumps over a monkey. Which item comes right after the shoe? (a) kettle (b) candle (c) goat (d) monkey
8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot tickles an orange; the orange pulls a fan; the fan sits on a mirror; the mirror crashes into a cat. Which item comes right after the orange? (a) parrot (b) cat (c) orange (d) fan
9. 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
10. 10.🔗 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
11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange crashes into a pencil; the pencil falls into a rose; the rose sings to a doll; the doll rolls into a candle. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) doll (b) candle (c) rose (d) pencil
12. 12.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) you get an extra item (d) it comes back alone
13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock pulls a watch; the watch chases a rose; the rose falls into a flute; the flute rolls into a kite. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) kite (b) flute (c) rose (d) watch
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum falls into an igloo; the igloo jumps over a tent; the tent bounces onto a ball; the ball pulls an ant. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) drum (b) igloo (c) tent (d) ball
15. 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut sings to an ant; the ant crashes into a spoon; the spoon sits on a ball; the ball rolls into a sock. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) spoon (b) ant (c) coconut (d) sock
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream falls into a shoe; the shoe rolls into a cat; the cat chases a fan; the fan tickles a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) fan (b) ice cream (c) shoe (d) ball
18. 18.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) colours only (c) plain lists (d) numbers
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog crashes into a mirror; the mirror falls into an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a coconut; the coconut jumps over a cat. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umbrella (b) frog (c) coconut (d) cat
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl sings to an umpire; the umpire bounces onto a ball; the ball falls into an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a glass. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) glass (b) ball (c) umpire (d) owl
21. 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple chases a wallet; the wallet bounces onto a kite; the kite sings to a rope; the rope pulls an umpire. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) umpire (b) wallet (c) kite (d) apple
23. 23.🔗 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
24. 24.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) each link leads on (c) it uses numbers (d) it rhymes
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sits on a spoon; the spoon crashes into an ice cream; the ice cream pulls a fan; the fan bounces onto a rope. Which item comes right before the rope? (a) fan (b) spoon (c) rope (d) candle
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch bounces onto a lamp; the lamp pulls an urn; the urn falls into an ice cream; the ice cream chases a net. Which item comes right after the lamp? (a) urn (b) net (c) ice cream (d) lamp
27. 27.🔗 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
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow chases a lemon; the lemon sings to a banana; the banana crashes into a tomato; the tomato falls into a glass. Which item comes right after the pillow? (a) banana (b) glass (c) lemon (d) pillow
29. 29.🔗 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
30. 30.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass falls into a flute; the flute bounces onto a tiger; the tiger sits on a bucket; the bucket rolls into a cat. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) bucket (b) flute (c) tiger (d) cat
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut pulls a candle; the candle chases a ball; the ball bounces onto a flute; the flute falls into a van. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) flute (b) van (c) ball (d) candle
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sits on a tomato; the tomato tickles an owl; the owl chases a pencil; the pencil crashes into a ladder. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) owl (b) ladder (c) tomato (d) pencil
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant van jumps over a monkey; the monkey pulls an umpire; the umpire falls into an urn; the urn chases an inkpot. Which item comes right after the van? (a) van (b) urn (c) inkpot (d) monkey
35. 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
36. 36.🔗 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
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp sings to a shoe; the shoe crashes into a goat; the goat chases a drum; the drum bounces onto a fan. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) fan (b) lamp (c) goat (d) shoe
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle sings to a candle; the candle bounces onto a jug; the jug rolls into a net; the net jumps over an urn. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) jug (b) candle (c) net (d) urn
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio sings to a ball; the ball chases an ice cream; the ice cream jumps over a parrot; the parrot falls into a kettle. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) radio (c) kettle (d) ball
40. 40.🔗 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

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