Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 728 · 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
2. 2.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) plain lists (c) funny actions (d) numbers
3. 3.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) it comes back alone (d) you get an extra item
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange tickles a whistle; the whistle jumps over a nest; the nest bounces onto a key; the key falls into an ice cream. Which item comes right before the whistle? (a) orange (b) ice cream (c) whistle (d) key
5. 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
6. 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
8. 8.🔗 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
9. 9.🔗 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
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant umbrella tickles a goat; the goat sits on a kite; the kite falls into a banana; the banana sings to a jug. Which item comes right after the banana? (a) goat (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) jug
11. 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle tickles an inkpot; the inkpot sings to a watch; the watch falls into a kite; the kite jumps over an orange. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) watch (b) inkpot (c) kite (d) candle
13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava sings to a glass; the glass falls into a shoe; the shoe crashes into a tiger; the tiger tickles a mango. Which item comes right before the shoe? (a) tiger (b) shoe (c) glass (d) guava
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle sings to a rope; the rope sits on a kite; the kite tickles a cat; the cat rolls into a whistle. Which item comes right before the whistle? (a) rope (b) whistle (c) cat (d) needle
15. 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll chases a watch; the watch bounces onto a pencil; the pencil sings to an onion; the onion tickles a ball. Which item comes right after the pencil? (a) onion (b) watch (c) pencil (d) doll
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.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn crashes into an orange; the orange falls into an umpire; the umpire jumps over a van; the van bounces onto a rope. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) van (b) umpire (c) urn (d) orange
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder bounces onto an igloo; the igloo chases a tiger; the tiger sings to a rose; the rose jumps over an owl. Which item comes right before the owl? (a) tiger (b) ladder (c) igloo (d) rose
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe sits on a net; the net falls into an igloo; the igloo crashes into a violin; the violin sings to a tomato. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) shoe (b) net (c) igloo (d) violin
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple falls into a rope; the rope crashes into an ice cream; the ice cream sings to a glass; the glass pulls an anchor. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) apple (b) glass (c) anchor (d) ice cream
22. 22.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) start from nowhere (c) guess (d) read a new list
23. 23.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen stirring tea
24. 24.🔗 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
25. 25.🔗 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
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose pulls a van; the van jumps over a mango; the mango falls into a mirror; the mirror rolls into a kettle. Which item comes right before the mango? (a) rose (b) mirror (c) kettle (d) van
27. 27.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it rhymes (c) it uses numbers (d) each link leads on
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio crashes into a pencil; the pencil chases a watch; the watch tickles a needle; the needle falls into an ant. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) watch (b) needle (c) radio (d) pencil
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror bounces onto a lemon; the lemon crashes into an apple; the apple chases a bucket; the bucket jumps over a rope. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) apple (b) mirror (c) rope (d) bucket
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe rolls into an apple; the apple sings to a mirror; the mirror jumps over a guava; the guava pulls a whistle. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) whistle (b) apple (c) shoe (d) mirror
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet chases a net; the net tickles a tiger; the tiger crashes into a bucket; the bucket jumps over an umbrella. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) wallet (b) bucket (c) umbrella (d) tiger
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle crashes into a cat; the cat falls into a duck; the duck chases a lamp; the lamp jumps over a radio. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) cat (b) lamp (c) radio (d) kettle
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck tickles a mango; the mango falls into a drum; the drum pulls a rose; the rose sits on a goat. Which item comes right before the rose? (a) duck (b) goat (c) mango (d) drum
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut tickles an igloo; the igloo pulls a flute; the flute sings to a tiger; the tiger bounces onto a spoon. Which item comes right before the igloo? (a) spoon (b) flute (c) coconut (d) tiger
35. 35.🔗 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
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn chases an ant; the ant falls into a sock; the sock sings to a spoon; the spoon crashes into a shoe. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) urn (b) shoe (c) sock (d) spoon
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey chases a goat; the goat crashes into a bucket; the bucket tickles a kite; the kite pulls a key. Which item comes right before the bucket? (a) bucket (b) key (c) goat (d) monkey
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey falls into a parrot; the parrot bounces onto a spoon; the spoon jumps over a ladder; the ladder sits on a lemon. Which item comes right before the spoon? (a) lemon (b) spoon (c) parrot (d) monkey
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum falls into a tomato; the tomato pulls a sock; the sock tickles an inkpot; the inkpot sits on a candle. Which item comes right after the inkpot? (a) drum (b) tomato (c) candle (d) sock
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin sings to a pencil; the pencil crashes into a wallet; the wallet tickles a ladder; the ladder jumps over a kettle. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) ladder (b) violin (c) wallet (d) pencil

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