Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 62 · 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) stories are short (b) it rhymes (c) each link leads on (d) it uses numbers
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow jumps over a banana; the banana sits on a key; the key pulls a ball; the ball sings to a needle. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) ball (b) pillow (c) key (d) banana
3. 3.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) you get an extra item (d) that item is lost
4. 4.🔗 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
5. 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
6. 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
8. 8.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) numbers
9. 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle chases a shoe; the shoe sings to an onion; the onion falls into a doll; the doll jumps over a mango. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) mango (b) candle (c) shoe (d) doll
11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp crashes into a ball; the ball chases a spoon; the spoon jumps over an ice cream; the ice cream pulls an anchor. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) spoon (b) ice cream (c) ball (d) lamp
12. 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
13. 13.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) guess
14. 14.🔗 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
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut rolls into an anchor; the anchor bounces onto an igloo; the igloo falls into a monkey; the monkey jumps over a net. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) igloo (b) coconut (c) net (d) anchor
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl bounces onto a whistle; the whistle rolls into a vase; the vase falls into a kettle; the kettle sits on a key. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) vase (b) whistle (c) owl (d) kettle
17. 17.🔗 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
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant van rolls into a pencil; the pencil pulls a tiger; the tiger chases an anchor; the anchor jumps over an umbrella. Which item comes right before the umbrella? (a) anchor (b) umbrella (c) van (d) pencil
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple crashes into a goat; the goat tickles a lamp; the lamp sings to a van; the van falls into a candle. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) lamp (b) van (c) apple (d) candle
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp tickles a watch; the watch sings to a ladder; the ladder pulls a duck; the duck bounces onto a sock. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) ladder (b) lamp (c) sock (d) watch
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin tickles a parrot; the parrot crashes into a net; the net bounces onto a mango; the mango falls into a jalebi. Which item comes right after the parrot? (a) net (b) mango (c) parrot (d) violin
22. 22.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
23. 23.🔗 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
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 banana chases a lemon; the lemon tickles a frog; the frog crashes into a mango; the mango pulls a pillow. Which item comes right after the mango? (a) frog (b) lemon (c) mango (d) pillow
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant key sings to a lemon; the lemon tickles a rose; the rose chases a glass; the glass rolls into a tiger. Which item comes right before the tiger? (a) lemon (b) rose (c) glass (d) key
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat jumps over a ball; the ball pulls a banana; the banana crashes into an apple; the apple sings to a guava. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) ball (b) goat (c) guava (d) banana
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple tickles a tomato; the tomato bounces onto a rope; the rope sits on an orange; the orange sings to an urn. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) rope (b) tomato (c) orange (d) urn
29. 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
30. 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum jumps over a lemon; the lemon chases a parrot; the parrot crashes into a rope; the rope tickles a key. Which item comes right after the rope? (a) rope (b) parrot (c) lemon (d) key
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella pulls a violin; the violin jumps over a bucket; the bucket chases a ladder; the ladder falls into a kettle. Which item comes right after the bucket? (a) ladder (b) violin (c) bucket (d) umbrella
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl chases a rope; the rope tickles a radio; the radio crashes into an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into a mango. Which item comes right before the rope? (a) mango (b) radio (c) umbrella (d) owl
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch bounces onto an apple; the apple crashes into a fan; the fan falls into a ladder; the ladder chases an ant. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) ladder (b) watch (c) fan (d) apple
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot rolls into a rose; the rose tickles a coconut; the coconut chases a nest; the nest bounces onto a tent. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) tent (b) inkpot (c) nest (d) rose
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana pulls a nest; the nest bounces onto a candle; the candle sits on an igloo; the igloo tickles a fan. Which item comes right after the nest? (a) igloo (b) candle (c) banana (d) nest
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose chases a lemon; the lemon sings to a rope; the rope tickles an umbrella; the umbrella falls into an owl. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) rose (b) owl (c) lemon (d) umbrella
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle crashes into a whistle; the whistle jumps over an inkpot; the inkpot rolls into a sock; the sock bounces onto a nest. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) nest (b) whistle (c) sock (d) candle
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant key bounces onto a monkey; the monkey pulls a mango; the mango tickles a lamp; the lamp sits on a banana. Which item comes right after the lamp? (a) mango (b) monkey (c) lamp (d) banana
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sings to a rose; the rose falls into a van; the van jumps over a whistle; the whistle crashes into a doll. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) doll (b) needle (c) rose (d) whistle

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