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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 565 · 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: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  2. 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
  3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  4. 4.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
  5. 5.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) stories are short (c) it uses numbers (d) each link leads on
  6. 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat pulls a key; the key sits on a rose; the rose sings to a ball; the ball crashes into a needle. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) rose (b) goat (c) ball (d) key
  7. 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger jumps over an apple; the apple chases a watch; the watch bounces onto a guava; the guava rolls into a shoe. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) apple (b) watch (c) guava (d) tiger
  9. 9.🔗 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
  10. 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple bounces onto a nest; the nest sings to a rope; the rope jumps over an inkpot; the inkpot sits on a ball. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) inkpot (b) nest (c) ball (d) rope
  12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass chases a spoon; the spoon sings to a pillow; the pillow sits on a fan; the fan rolls into a wallet. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) spoon (b) fan (c) pillow (d) glass
  13. 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  14. 14.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) neither (c) the pen stirring tea (d) both the same
  15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion crashes into a lamp; the lamp sings to a banana; the banana jumps over a tiger; the tiger pulls a doll. Which item comes right before the doll? (a) banana (b) tiger (c) onion (d) lamp
  16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava sings to a jeep; the jeep bounces onto a key; the key crashes into a spoon; the spoon chases a parrot. Which item comes right after the spoon? (a) key (b) jeep (c) parrot (d) spoon
  17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant net bounces onto an apple; the apple falls into a mirror; the mirror tickles an owl; the owl crashes into an umpire. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) umpire (b) mirror (c) net (d) apple
  18. 18.🔗 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
  19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella rolls into a ball; the ball sings to a flute; the flute falls into a ladder; the ladder bounces onto a drum. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umbrella (b) drum (c) ball (d) ladder
  20. 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  21. 21.🔗 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
  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 inkpot pulls a ball; the ball bounces onto a frog; the frog falls into a shoe; the shoe jumps over a duck. Which item comes right before the shoe? (a) shoe (b) ball (c) duck (d) frog
  24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot rolls into a radio; the radio crashes into an apple; the apple chases a jeep; the jeep bounces onto a fan. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) fan (b) apple (c) jeep (d) parrot
  25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle jumps over a net; the net falls into an urn; the urn crashes into a tomato; the tomato rolls into a nest. Which item comes right before the net? (a) urn (b) nest (c) net (d) whistle
  26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot pulls a lemon; the lemon rolls into a whistle; the whistle falls into a tomato; the tomato sits on a ball. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) ball (b) whistle (c) tomato (d) inkpot
  27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot chases a jug; the jug sings to a spoon; the spoon rolls into a wallet; the wallet falls into a monkey. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) wallet (b) spoon (c) inkpot (d) jug
  28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange tickles a sock; the sock jumps over a vase; the vase sits on a flute; the flute chases an owl. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) orange (b) vase (c) flute (d) sock
  29. 29.🔗 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
  30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio pulls a rope; the rope crashes into a pillow; the pillow bounces onto a mirror; the mirror jumps over an orange. Which item comes right before the pillow? (a) radio (b) mirror (c) rope (d) pillow
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut chases a van; the van bounces onto a goat; the goat pulls a flute; the flute sings to an orange. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) coconut (b) flute (c) orange (d) van
  32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into an onion; the onion bounces onto a lemon; the lemon tickles an anchor; the anchor falls into a fan. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) rose (b) lemon (c) fan (d) onion
  33. 33.🔗 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
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase bounces onto a tomato; the tomato tickles a nest; the nest sits on a needle; the needle chases a kite. Which item comes right before the kite? (a) nest (b) vase (c) tomato (d) needle
  35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant key rolls into a parrot; the parrot tickles a shoe; the shoe bounces onto a rope; the rope sings to a mango. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) key (b) parrot (c) mango (d) rope
  36. 36.🔗 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
  37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope crashes into a cat; the cat jumps over a duck; the duck tickles a mango; the mango falls into a glass. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) glass (b) cat (c) mango (d) duck
  38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum sits on a duck; the duck chases a violin; the violin rolls into a guava; the guava tickles a fan. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) duck (b) guava (c) drum (d) violin
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor bounces onto a lamp; the lamp sits on a van; the van crashes into a tomato; the tomato sings to a wallet. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) wallet (b) anchor (c) lamp (d) tomato
  40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest chases a vase; the vase tickles a tiger; the tiger pulls an igloo; the igloo sits on a duck. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) vase (b) igloo (c) duck (d) nest

Answer key

  1. step 3
  2. picture the first item
  3. step 1
  4. replay the story
  5. each link leads on
  6. ball
  7. keep linking in order
  8. watch
  9. picture the first item
  10. step 2
  11. rope
  12. spoon
  13. step 4
  14. the pen stirring tea
  15. tiger
  16. parrot
  17. mirror
  18. link it to the next item
  19. ladder
  20. keep linking in order
  21. link it to the next item
  22. link it to the next item
  23. frog
  24. parrot
  25. whistle
  26. tomato
  27. jug
  28. orange
  29. that item is lost
  30. rope
  31. orange
  32. onion
  33. link it to the next item
  34. needle
  35. key
  36. picture the first item
  37. duck
  38. drum
  39. anchor
  40. igloo

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