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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 779 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  2. 2.🔗 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
  3. 3.🔗 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
  4. 4.🔗 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
  5. 5.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
  6. 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
  7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock sits on a candle; the candle chases a banana; the banana falls into an umbrella; the umbrella rolls into a doll. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) umbrella (b) doll (c) sock (d) banana
  8. 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  9. 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. 10.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen stirring tea (c) the pen near a cup (d) both the same
  11. 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  12. 12.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
  13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep sits on an urn; the urn crashes into a mango; the mango sings to a rope; the rope falls into a shoe. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) shoe (b) jeep (c) urn (d) mango
  14. 14.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
  15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute chases a radio; the radio sits on a glass; the glass falls into a lamp; the lamp bounces onto an ant. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) radio (b) ant (c) glass (d) flute
  16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor jumps over an igloo; the igloo chases a mango; the mango sings to a watch; the watch crashes into a candle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) anchor (b) watch (c) igloo (d) mango
  17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll tickles a pencil; the pencil chases a bucket; the bucket crashes into a lemon; the lemon bounces onto a ladder. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) lemon (b) ladder (c) pencil (d) bucket
  18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase pulls an umbrella; the umbrella falls into a guava; the guava sings to a monkey; the monkey crashes into an umpire. Which item comes right after the guava? (a) umpire (b) vase (c) monkey (d) guava
  19. 19.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl crashes into a wallet; the wallet falls into a shoe; the shoe jumps over a violin; the violin rolls into a jug. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) violin (b) jug (c) shoe (d) owl
  21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket bounces onto an anchor; the anchor rolls into a banana; the banana crashes into a goat; the goat tickles a watch. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) anchor (b) watch (c) bucket (d) goat
  22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant guava jumps over a kite; the kite chases a van; the van crashes into a needle; the needle rolls into a nest. Which item comes right before the nest? (a) needle (b) kite (c) van (d) guava
  23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi sits on an orange; the orange sings to a tomato; the tomato falls into a tent; the tent jumps over a doll. Which item comes right before the tomato? (a) jalebi (b) orange (c) doll (d) tomato
  24. 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl sits on a violin; the violin crashes into a watch; the watch jumps over a doll; the doll rolls into an umbrella. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) watch (b) owl (c) doll (d) umbrella
  26. 26.🔗 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
  27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto a rope; the rope jumps over a glass; the glass falls into a goat; the goat sings to a coconut. Which item comes right before the coconut? (a) coconut (b) glass (c) candle (d) goat
  28. 28.🔗 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
  29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire tickles a mango; the mango sits on an ant; the ant crashes into a doll; the doll chases a monkey. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) ant (b) mango (c) doll (d) monkey
  30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi rolls into a whistle; the whistle chases an umpire; the umpire tickles a duck; the duck crashes into a guava. Which item comes right after the jalebi? (a) guava (b) duck (c) whistle (d) jalebi
  31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball sings to a lemon; the lemon jumps over a bucket; the bucket crashes into a ladder; the ladder rolls into a watch. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) watch (b) bucket (c) ball (d) lemon
  32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor chases a vase; the vase pulls an igloo; the igloo crashes into a van; the van jumps over a kite. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) kite (b) vase (c) van (d) anchor
  33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange crashes into a shoe; the shoe pulls a drum; the drum sits on a parrot; the parrot falls into an anchor. Which item comes right before the anchor? (a) shoe (b) parrot (c) anchor (d) drum
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant key pulls a cat; the cat sits on a jug; the jug chases a radio; the radio crashes into a watch. Which item comes right after the radio? (a) cat (b) jug (c) watch (d) key
  35. 35.🔗 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
  36. 36.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
  37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum falls into a flute; the flute rolls into a tiger; the tiger jumps over a radio; the radio tickles a shoe. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) flute (b) tiger (c) drum (d) shoe
  38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent jumps over a net; the net chases a cat; the cat sits on a needle; the needle bounces onto a parrot. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) tent (b) cat (c) net (d) parrot
  39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana chases an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a sock; the sock jumps over an umpire; the umpire sings to a frog. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) umpire (b) umbrella (c) frog (d) banana
  40. 40.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) numbers (c) colours only (d) plain lists

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. that item is lost
  3. link it to the next item
  4. link it to the next item
  5. picture the first item
  6. keep linking in order
  7. sock
  8. step 4
  9. link it to the next item
  10. the pen stirring tea
  11. step 2
  12. each link leads on
  13. jeep
  14. picture the first item
  15. glass
  16. igloo
  17. bucket
  18. monkey
  19. step 3
  20. shoe
  21. anchor
  22. needle
  23. orange
  24. keep linking in order
  25. doll
  26. picture the first item
  27. goat
  28. link it to the next item
  29. mango
  30. whistle
  31. ball
  32. van
  33. parrot
  34. watch
  35. picture the first item
  36. replay the story
  37. drum
  38. cat
  39. umbrella
  40. funny actions

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