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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose rolls into an urn; the urn jumps over a tent; the tent bounces onto an ant; the ant crashes into a ball. Which item comes right before the urn? (a) ball (b) urn (c) tent (d) rose
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio rolls into a frog; the frog sings to a ball; the ball jumps over a goat; the goat crashes into a parrot. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) radio (b) ball (c) frog (d) parrot
- 5.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) plain lists
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl sings to a spoon; the spoon rolls into a jeep; the jeep crashes into a jalebi; the jalebi chases a candle. Which item comes right before the jalebi? (a) jeep (b) candle (c) jalebi (d) owl
- 7.🔗 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
- 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep tickles a drum; the drum bounces onto a lamp; the lamp sings to a radio; the radio sits on an anchor. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) jeep (b) anchor (c) drum (d) radio
- 9.🔗 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
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep chases a fan; the fan bounces onto a vase; the vase tickles a violin; the violin falls into an ant. Which item comes right before the vase? (a) vase (b) jeep (c) ant (d) fan
- 11.🔗 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
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat jumps over a radio; the radio crashes into a sock; the sock sings to a jalebi; the jalebi pulls a mirror. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) goat (b) jalebi (c) radio (d) mirror
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant sings to an orange; the orange jumps over a pencil; the pencil crashes into a tomato; the tomato falls into a goat. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) orange (b) tomato (c) pencil (d) goat
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn jumps over an igloo; the igloo chases a mango; the mango sings to a lamp; the lamp pulls a net. Which item comes right after the igloo? (a) mango (b) igloo (c) lamp (d) urn
- 16.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck falls into a flute; the flute tickles a parrot; the parrot sits on a sock; the sock jumps over a shoe. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) parrot (b) duck (c) flute (d) shoe
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sits on a needle; the needle falls into an apple; the apple rolls into a ladder; the ladder sings to a van. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) needle (b) apple (c) ladder (d) wallet
- 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.🔗 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
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp crashes into an owl; the owl sings to a spoon; the spoon sits on a fan; the fan tickles a rose. Which item comes right after the owl? (a) owl (b) lamp (c) spoon (d) rose
- 22.🔗 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
- 23.🔗 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
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror pulls a frog; the frog bounces onto a kettle; the kettle falls into an anchor; the anchor rolls into a spoon. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) frog (b) mirror (c) anchor (d) spoon
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl chases a wallet; the wallet pulls a tent; the tent crashes into a cat; the cat rolls into a mirror. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) mirror (b) tent (c) wallet (d) owl
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn jumps over a fan; the fan falls into a parrot; the parrot sings to an anchor; the anchor sits on a flute. Which item comes right after the urn? (a) urn (b) anchor (c) fan (d) parrot
- 27.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) replay the story
- 28.🔗 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
- 29.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto a ladder; the ladder falls into a jeep; the jeep sings to a tiger; the tiger tickles an umbrella. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) umbrella (b) tiger (c) jeep (d) candle
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite rolls into a pencil; the pencil pulls a nest; the nest crashes into a van; the van sings to a vase. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) pencil (b) vase (c) kite (d) van
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil sits on a monkey; the monkey rolls into a guava; the guava sings to a needle; the needle tickles a lemon. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) guava (b) monkey (c) pencil (d) lemon
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant net pulls a jug; the jug chases a whistle; the whistle sits on a monkey; the monkey crashes into a frog. Which item comes right before the monkey? (a) frog (b) whistle (c) jug (d) monkey
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute falls into an orange; the orange jumps over a nest; the nest rolls into an umpire; the umpire chases a jeep. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) flute (b) orange (c) umpire (d) nest
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent jumps over a banana; the banana sits on an ant; the ant pulls a shoe; the shoe sings to a mirror. Which item comes right before the mirror? (a) shoe (b) ant (c) mirror (d) tent
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe rolls into a coconut; the coconut jumps over an onion; the onion sings to a lemon; the lemon falls into a cat. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) onion (b) shoe (c) lemon (d) coconut
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog rolls into a pencil; the pencil sits on a doll; the doll crashes into a rope; the rope falls into a fan. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) rope (b) fan (c) doll (d) frog
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute tickles a frog; the frog crashes into an umbrella; the umbrella sits on a pencil; the pencil jumps over a bucket. Which item comes right before the pencil? (a) pencil (b) flute (c) frog (d) umbrella
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor chases a bucket; the bucket jumps over a banana; the banana sings to a radio; the radio bounces onto a whistle. Which item comes right before the radio? (a) whistle (b) radio (c) bucket (d) banana
Answer key
- step 1
- picture the first item
- rose
- frog
- funny actions
- jeep
- step 2
- jeep
- link it to the next item
- fan
- link it to the next item
- radio
- keep linking in order
- goat
- mango
- step 4
- duck
- wallet
- link it to the next item
- that item is lost
- spoon
- picture the first item
- the pen stirring tea
- spoon
- mirror
- fan
- replay the story
- link it to the next item
- keep linking in order
- candle
- van
- lemon
- whistle
- step 3
- orange
- shoe
- onion
- frog
- umbrella
- banana
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