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