Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 661 · 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.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn chases a radio; the radio jumps over a jeep; the jeep crashes into a banana; the banana sits on a fan. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) fan (b) radio (c) urn (d) banana
2. 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder crashes into an ant; the ant tickles a lamp; the lamp falls into a shoe; the shoe jumps over a tent. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) tent (b) ant (c) shoe (d) lamp
4. 4.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) it comes back alone
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch bounces onto a guava; the guava sits on an umbrella; the umbrella crashes into a candle; the candle jumps over an inkpot. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) umbrella (b) watch (c) candle (d) guava
6. 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock tickles a ball; the ball crashes into a banana; the banana bounces onto a violin; the violin jumps over an ice cream. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) sock (b) ball (c) ice cream (d) banana
7. 7.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen stirring tea (b) the pen near a cup (c) neither (d) both the same
8. 8.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) guess
9. 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl falls into a guava; the guava sings to an umpire; the umpire chases a sock; the sock rolls into a duck. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) umpire (b) sock (c) duck (d) guava
11. 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
12. 12.🔗 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
13. 13.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
14. 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat tickles a jeep; the jeep sits on a spoon; the spoon crashes into a doll; the doll chases a glass. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) glass (b) cat (c) jeep (d) spoon
16. 16.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) numbers (c) colours only (d) plain lists
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose sits on a rope; the rope tickles an inkpot; the inkpot crashes into a tomato; the tomato pulls a jeep. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) jeep (b) rose (c) tomato (d) rope
18. 18.🔗 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
19. 19.🔗 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
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: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon pulls a key; the key crashes into a pencil; the pencil chases a bucket; the bucket jumps over a duck. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) key (b) lemon (c) duck (d) pencil
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle pulls a duck; the duck tickles a fan; the fan bounces onto an apple; the apple crashes into an anchor. Which item comes right after the duck? (a) fan (b) apple (c) duck (d) anchor
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope falls into an umpire; the umpire rolls into a ball; the ball crashes into a banana; the banana bounces onto a doll. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) banana (b) rope (c) umpire (d) doll
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum chases a ladder; the ladder sits on a duck; the duck jumps over a mirror; the mirror sings to a jalebi. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) jalebi (b) ladder (c) mirror (d) drum
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil bounces onto an anchor; the anchor sings to a glass; the glass crashes into an orange; the orange falls into a ball. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) pencil (b) anchor (c) orange (d) glass
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum chases a lamp; the lamp tickles a glass; the glass crashes into a goat; the goat falls into an orange. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) goat (b) orange (c) glass (d) lamp
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet bounces onto a violin; the violin sings to a cat; the cat crashes into a glass; the glass pulls a rose. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) glass (b) wallet (c) cat (d) violin
29. 29.🔗 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
30. 30.🔗 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
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion crashes into a fan; the fan falls into a ball; the ball bounces onto an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into a duck. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) duck (b) umbrella (c) ball (d) fan
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger sings to a candle; the candle tickles an ice cream; the ice cream chases a shoe; the shoe rolls into a banana. Which item comes right after the ice cream? (a) ice cream (b) candle (c) banana (d) shoe
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant key jumps over a bucket; the bucket crashes into a ball; the ball bounces onto a watch; the watch sits on a net. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) net (b) ball (c) bucket (d) key
34. 34.🔗 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
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle tickles a nest; the nest crashes into a bucket; the bucket sits on an inkpot; the inkpot sings to a spoon. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) bucket (b) inkpot (c) nest (d) spoon
36. 36.🔗 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
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent falls into a ladder; the ladder sings to an umpire; the umpire jumps over a key; the key pulls a sock. Which item comes right after the tent? (a) sock (b) ladder (c) tent (d) umpire
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass tickles a cat; the cat falls into a jug; the jug jumps over a tomato; the tomato crashes into a fan. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) cat (b) glass (c) tomato (d) fan
39. 39.🔗 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
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite jumps over a coconut; the coconut crashes into a mirror; the mirror bounces onto a doll; the doll falls into a candle. Which item comes right after the kite? (a) coconut (b) candle (c) mirror (d) kite

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