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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 648 · 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.🔗 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
  2. 2.🔗 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
  3. 3.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) colours only (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
  4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon jumps over a cat; the cat falls into an ice cream; the ice cream chases a watch; the watch tickles a mirror. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) ice cream (b) watch (c) cat (d) mirror
  5. 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  6. 6.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) each link leads on (c) it uses numbers (d) stories are short
  7. 7.🔗 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
  8. 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  9. 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet bounces onto a flute; the flute crashes into a rose; the rose pulls a drum; the drum sings to a monkey. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) monkey (b) drum (c) wallet (d) flute
  11. 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
  12. 12.🔗 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
  13. 13.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
  14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow falls into a radio; the radio bounces onto a rope; the rope crashes into a goat; the goat chases an inkpot. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) goat (b) rope (c) pillow (d) inkpot
  15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose rolls into a fan; the fan sings to a coconut; the coconut jumps over a bucket; the bucket sits on a tent. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) tent (b) fan (c) bucket (d) coconut
  16. 16.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  17. 17.🔗 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
  18. 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
  19. 19.🔗 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
  20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll sings to a mango; the mango chases a wallet; the wallet jumps over a parrot; the parrot rolls into a spoon. Which item comes right before the mango? (a) spoon (b) mango (c) doll (d) wallet
  21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil crashes into a tent; the tent sits on a lamp; the lamp tickles an urn; the urn sings to a watch. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) pencil (b) urn (c) tent (d) lamp
  22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug chases a doll; the doll bounces onto an umpire; the umpire pulls a tomato; the tomato jumps over a frog. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) doll (b) umpire (c) jug (d) tomato
  23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana chases a doll; the doll crashes into a sock; the sock sits on an onion; the onion sings to a rope. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) doll (b) banana (c) sock (d) rope
  24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan bounces onto a violin; the violin sings to a sock; the sock jumps over a mirror; the mirror chases a jalebi. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) fan (b) sock (c) jalebi (d) mirror
  25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug sings to a mango; the mango tickles a lamp; the lamp falls into a drum; the drum chases a glass. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) mango (b) glass (c) jug (d) drum
  26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor sings to a goat; the goat falls into a frog; the frog crashes into a flute; the flute bounces onto a wallet. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) flute (b) wallet (c) frog (d) anchor
  27. 27.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion sits on a kettle; the kettle crashes into a doll; the doll rolls into a wallet; the wallet falls into an inkpot. Which item comes right after the wallet? (a) inkpot (b) doll (c) onion (d) kettle
  29. 29.🔗 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
  30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet crashes into a nest; the nest tickles a tomato; the tomato bounces onto a fan; the fan falls into a jalebi. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) wallet (b) jalebi (c) nest (d) tomato
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant sits on a mango; the mango pulls an anchor; the anchor chases a kite; the kite tickles a key. Which item comes right before the mango? (a) kite (b) anchor (c) ant (d) mango
  32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil crashes into a net; the net chases a lamp; the lamp bounces onto an onion; the onion sings to a watch. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) lamp (b) watch (c) net (d) pencil
  33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog chases a tiger; the tiger falls into a vase; the vase sits on a net; the net rolls into a ball. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) frog (b) tiger (c) net (d) ball
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sits on an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a ladder; the ladder sings to a frog. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) ladder (b) anchor (c) coconut (d) umbrella
  35. 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  36. 36.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) the pen near a cup (c) both the same (d) neither
  37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope bounces onto a sock; the sock tickles an ant; the ant sits on a banana; the banana chases a kettle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) banana (b) rope (c) kettle (d) sock
  38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger pulls a monkey; the monkey crashes into a fan; the fan jumps over an igloo; the igloo sings to a watch. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) fan (b) monkey (c) igloo (d) watch
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger sits on an urn; the urn sings to a monkey; the monkey crashes into a mirror; the mirror bounces onto an anchor. Which item comes right before the urn? (a) monkey (b) urn (c) tiger (d) anchor
  40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror falls into a drum; the drum chases a rope; the rope rolls into a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a coconut. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) drum (b) coconut (c) rope (d) bucket

Answer key

  1. picture the first item
  2. that item is lost
  3. funny actions
  4. mirror
  5. step 1
  6. each link leads on
  7. link it to the next item
  8. step 2
  9. step 3
  10. drum
  11. picture the first item
  12. picture the first item
  13. replay the story
  14. rope
  15. bucket
  16. step 4
  17. link it to the next item
  18. picture the first item
  19. picture the first item
  20. doll
  21. tent
  22. tomato
  23. rope
  24. mirror
  25. mango
  26. wallet
  27. keep linking in order
  28. inkpot
  29. picture the first item
  30. tomato
  31. ant
  32. pencil
  33. tiger
  34. umbrella
  35. keep linking in order
  36. the pen stirring tea
  37. sock
  38. fan
  39. tiger
  40. bucket

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