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