Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 53 · 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.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) each link leads on (d) stories are short
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe jumps over a watch; the watch sits on an ant; the ant crashes into a monkey; the monkey tickles a tiger. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) watch (b) monkey (c) tiger (d) ant
3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle bounces onto a coconut; the coconut falls into an urn; the urn pulls a cat; the cat rolls into a pillow. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) kettle (b) pillow (c) coconut (d) urn
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope sings to a radio; the radio bounces onto a ball; the ball rolls into a rose; the rose sits on a mango. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) ball (b) rope (c) mango (d) radio
6. 6.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen stirring tea (c) the pen near a cup (d) neither
7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent chases a vase; the vase crashes into a fan; the fan jumps over a monkey; the monkey sings to a mango. Which item comes right before the monkey? (a) mango (b) fan (c) tent (d) monkey
8. 8.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
9. 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant chases a tiger; the tiger tickles a radio; the radio pulls a guava; the guava jumps over a key. Which item comes right after the radio? (a) ant (b) key (c) guava (d) tiger
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sings to a goat; the goat tickles a shoe; the shoe pulls a guava; the guava sits on a sock. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) sock (b) guava (c) candle (d) goat
11. 11.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) nothing changes (c) it comes back alone (d) you get an extra item
12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant key bounces onto a ladder; the ladder sings to a parrot; the parrot pulls a lemon; the lemon tickles an anchor. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) lemon (b) anchor (c) parrot (d) key
13. 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
14. 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite chases a guava; the guava crashes into a ladder; the ladder tickles a spoon; the spoon bounces onto an orange. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) spoon (b) orange (c) guava (d) kite
16. 16.🔗 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
17. 17.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
18. 18.🔗 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
19. 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple crashes into a lamp; the lamp pulls a guava; the guava sings to a spoon; the spoon falls into an umbrella. Which item comes right after the spoon? (a) guava (b) umbrella (c) spoon (d) lamp
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.🔗 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
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug crashes into a vase; the vase tickles a bucket; the bucket chases a candle; the candle falls into an orange. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) orange (b) vase (c) candle (d) jug
24. 24.🔗 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
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey bounces onto a radio; the radio rolls into a wallet; the wallet jumps over a duck; the duck chases a lemon. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) radio (b) duck (c) lemon (d) monkey
26. 26.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) read a new list
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch falls into a doll; the doll bounces onto a ladder; the ladder tickles a coconut; the coconut jumps over a candle. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) candle (b) ladder (c) doll (d) watch
28. 28.🔗 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
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire jumps over an orange; the orange falls into a shoe; the shoe chases an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a net. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) shoe (b) net (c) umpire (d) orange
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant net bounces onto a watch; the watch sings to a frog; the frog chases an umbrella; the umbrella sits on an umpire. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) watch (b) net (c) umbrella (d) frog
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass chases a ladder; the ladder jumps over a whistle; the whistle falls into a ball; the ball crashes into a mirror. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) ball (b) whistle (c) mirror (d) ladder
32. 32.🔗 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
33. 33.🔗 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
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch bounces onto a lemon; the lemon chases a jeep; the jeep falls into a wallet; the wallet crashes into a violin. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) watch (b) violin (c) jeep (d) lemon
35. 35.🔗 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
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck bounces onto a cat; the cat sings to a tent; the tent chases an ant; the ant pulls a ladder. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) cat (b) tent (c) ladder (d) duck
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi sings to a wallet; the wallet sits on a guava; the guava rolls into an umbrella; the umbrella pulls a banana. Which item comes right before the umbrella? (a) banana (b) jalebi (c) guava (d) wallet
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato jumps over an ant; the ant pulls a duck; the duck sings to a radio; the radio sits on a ball. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) ball (b) duck (c) radio (d) ant
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp tickles an apple; the apple pulls a duck; the duck bounces onto a whistle; the whistle sits on a jeep. Which item comes right before the jeep? (a) whistle (b) apple (c) duck (d) lamp
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon falls into a radio; the radio crashes into a rose; the rose sings to an onion; the onion rolls into an inkpot. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) inkpot (b) rose (c) radio (d) spoon

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