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