Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 734 · 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 parrot chases an umpire; the umpire falls into a glass; the glass pulls a coconut; the coconut jumps over a key. Which item comes right before the glass? (a) key (b) glass (c) umpire (d) coconut
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe sings to a candle; the candle sits on a drum; the drum rolls into an umpire; the umpire chases a ball. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) candle (b) ball (c) drum (d) shoe
3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp bounces onto a coconut; the coconut chases an anchor; the anchor tickles a shoe; the shoe falls into a fan. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) lamp (b) fan (c) coconut (d) anchor
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch sings to an igloo; the igloo pulls a bucket; the bucket falls into a needle; the needle sits on a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) ball (b) watch (c) bucket (d) needle
6. 6.🔗 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
7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass falls into a jeep; the jeep rolls into a radio; the radio jumps over a ball; the ball chases an umpire. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) umpire (b) glass (c) ball (d) radio
8. 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
9. 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo falls into a ladder; the ladder chases a ball; the ball jumps over a bucket; the bucket bounces onto a key. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) ball (b) igloo (c) ladder (d) key
10. 10.🔗 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
11. 11.🔗 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
12. 12.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
13. 13.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
14. 14.🔗 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
15. 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll pulls a goat; the goat tickles an inkpot; the inkpot sings to a candle; the candle bounces onto a van. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) candle (b) van (c) goat (d) inkpot
17. 17.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
18. 18.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll sings to a spoon; the spoon bounces onto an anchor; the anchor jumps over a candle; the candle sits on a pencil. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) candle (b) anchor (c) pencil (d) spoon
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll crashes into a rose; the rose chases an apple; the apple rolls into a kettle; the kettle bounces onto a banana. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) banana (b) kettle (c) apple (d) rose
21. 21.🔗 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
22. 22.🔗 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
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase pulls a frog; the frog bounces onto a net; the net crashes into a rope; the rope jumps over an ant. Which item comes right before the net? (a) rope (b) vase (c) ant (d) frog
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase crashes into a needle; the needle sings to a kettle; the kettle bounces onto a candle; the candle sits on a cat. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) needle (b) vase (c) candle (d) kettle
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum falls into a duck; the duck chases an ice cream; the ice cream bounces onto a violin; the violin tickles a net. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) drum (b) duck (c) ice cream (d) violin
26. 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
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 doll sits on a key; the key falls into a needle; the needle chases an onion; the onion bounces onto a pencil. Which item comes right after the needle? (a) key (b) needle (c) onion (d) doll
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot tickles a radio; the radio sings to an anchor; the anchor bounces onto a pillow; the pillow chases a monkey. Which item comes right after the radio? (a) pillow (b) radio (c) inkpot (d) anchor
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope sings to a nest; the nest jumps over an anchor; the anchor tickles an inkpot; the inkpot pulls a pencil. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) pencil (b) anchor (c) nest (d) rope
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror tickles a tomato; the tomato sits on a frog; the frog falls into an urn; the urn crashes into a coconut. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) mirror (b) urn (c) tomato (d) frog
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum chases an apple; the apple pulls a bucket; the bucket tickles a mirror; the mirror crashes into a kite. Which item comes right before the apple? (a) drum (b) bucket (c) mirror (d) apple
33. 33.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange chases a wallet; the wallet falls into a rope; the rope crashes into an anchor; the anchor sits on a watch. Which item comes right after the rope? (a) orange (b) anchor (c) watch (d) rope
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe chases a van; the van jumps over a parrot; the parrot tickles an orange; the orange sings to a nest. Which item comes right after the van? (a) orange (b) parrot (c) shoe (d) nest
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire sings to a whistle; the whistle pulls a shoe; the shoe bounces onto an onion; the onion jumps over a doll. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) shoe (b) doll (c) onion (d) umpire
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum sings to a coconut; the coconut jumps over a tomato; the tomato crashes into a kite; the kite chases an owl. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) owl (b) tomato (c) drum (d) coconut
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger crashes into a lamp; the lamp tickles a lemon; the lemon sits on a needle; the needle falls into a vase. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) lemon (b) vase (c) lamp (d) tiger
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger rolls into a doll; the doll crashes into an anchor; the anchor bounces onto a mirror; the mirror falls into an inkpot. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) doll (b) inkpot (c) anchor (d) tiger
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog rolls into a needle; the needle bounces onto a van; the van sits on a sock; the sock falls into a watch. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) needle (b) van (c) frog (d) watch

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