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