Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 665 · 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 anchor pulls an orange; the orange falls into an inkpot; the inkpot tickles a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a mango. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) orange (b) bucket (c) inkpot (d) mango
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball jumps over a bucket; the bucket rolls into a sock; the sock tickles an igloo; the igloo falls into a goat. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) sock (b) igloo (c) bucket (d) goat
3. 3.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) colours only (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
4. 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
5. 5.🔗 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
6. 6.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) it comes back alone (c) nothing changes (d) that item is lost
7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
8. 8.🔗 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
9. 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute bounces onto a ball; the ball sings to a rope; the rope pulls a shoe; the shoe tickles a banana. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) flute (b) shoe (c) ball (d) banana
10. 10.🔗 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
11. 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock bounces onto a banana; the banana sings to a spoon; the spoon falls into a van; the van pulls a rose. Which item comes right after the van? (a) van (b) rose (c) banana (d) sock
13. 13.🔗 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
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant parrot bounces onto a bucket; the bucket jumps over a violin; the violin rolls into a ball; the ball falls into a drum. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) violin (b) bucket (c) drum (d) parrot
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a tomato; the tomato rolls into a kettle; the kettle falls into a lamp; the lamp tickles an ant. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) lamp (b) rose (c) tomato (d) ant
16. 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
17. 17.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
18. 18.🔗 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
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot chases a kettle; the kettle tickles a pencil; the pencil sits on an apple; the apple falls into an anchor. Which item comes right after the inkpot? (a) inkpot (b) pencil (c) anchor (d) kettle
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow bounces onto an apple; the apple rolls into a doll; the doll tickles an urn; the urn sings to a tomato. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) urn (b) apple (c) pillow (d) tomato
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet chases a kettle; the kettle tickles a sock; the sock falls into a flute; the flute rolls into a cat. Which item comes right after the wallet? (a) wallet (b) cat (c) sock (d) kettle
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.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle sits on a rose; the rose rolls into a rope; the rope tickles a lamp; the lamp chases a vase. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) vase (b) rose (c) kettle (d) rope
24. 24.🔗 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
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger pulls a tent; the tent bounces onto a duck; the duck chases a net; the net jumps over a banana. Which item comes right after the net? (a) net (b) tiger (c) duck (d) banana
26. 26.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) guess (c) read a new list (d) start from nowhere
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug falls into a net; the net sits on a radio; the radio tickles a mango; the mango rolls into a guava. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) jug (b) net (c) mango (d) radio
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sings to a frog; the frog crashes into an apple; the apple pulls a duck; the duck sits on a kettle. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) frog (b) duck (c) apple (d) kettle
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror tickles a jeep; the jeep jumps over a pillow; the pillow bounces onto an urn; the urn chases a coconut. Which item comes right before the jeep? (a) pillow (b) coconut (c) mirror (d) urn
30. 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
31. 31.🔗 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
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant net sings to an igloo; the igloo tickles a rope; the rope bounces onto a key; the key chases an apple. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) rope (b) key (c) igloo (d) apple
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck jumps over a flute; the flute tickles a vase; the vase sings to a drum; the drum bounces onto an orange. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) drum (b) duck (c) vase (d) orange
34. 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato sings to a glass; the glass sits on a mirror; the mirror rolls into an onion; the onion bounces onto a bucket. Which item comes right before the mirror? (a) tomato (b) bucket (c) glass (d) mirror
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil jumps over a key; the key sits on a bucket; the bucket tickles a nest; the nest rolls into a lamp. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) bucket (b) key (c) pencil (d) lamp
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope falls into a parrot; the parrot tickles a banana; the banana jumps over a coconut; the coconut sings to a drum. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) coconut (b) parrot (c) rope (d) banana
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose pulls an ice cream; the ice cream jumps over an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into an igloo; the igloo tickles a cat. Which item comes right after the igloo? (a) umbrella (b) cat (c) rose (d) igloo
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite tickles an umpire; the umpire falls into a radio; the radio chases a tent; the tent crashes into a cat. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) umpire (b) radio (c) tent (d) cat
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor jumps over a bucket; the bucket crashes into a doll; the doll falls into a spoon; the spoon rolls into a parrot. Which item comes right before the spoon? (a) spoon (b) anchor (c) parrot (d) doll

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