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