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: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 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.🔗 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.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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.🔗 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
- step 3
- picture the first item
- step 1
- replay the story
- each link leads on
- ball
- keep linking in order
- watch
- picture the first item
- step 2
- rope
- spoon
- step 4
- the pen stirring tea
- tiger
- parrot
- mirror
- link it to the next item
- ladder
- keep linking in order
- link it to the next item
- link it to the next item
- frog
- parrot
- whistle
- tomato
- jug
- orange
- that item is lost
- rope
- orange
- onion
- link it to the next item
- needle
- key
- picture the first item
- duck
- drum
- anchor
- igloo
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