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: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror sings to a spoon; the spoon falls into a ladder; the ladder pulls a pillow; the pillow sits on a tent. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) spoon (b) tent (c) pillow (d) ladder
- 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 7.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) neither (c) both the same (d) the pen stirring tea
- 8.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) numbers (d) funny actions
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant mango tickles a wallet; the wallet bounces onto a coconut; the coconut pulls a tent; the tent sings to a rope. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) wallet (b) coconut (c) tent (d) mango
- 10.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) that item is lost (c) nothing changes (d) you get an extra item
- 11.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet bounces onto a lamp; the lamp tickles a tiger; the tiger pulls a rose; the rose sits on a mango. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) lamp (b) wallet (c) rose (d) mango
- 13.🔗 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
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl pulls a vase; the vase falls into a jeep; the jeep sings to a jug; the jug crashes into a kettle. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) jeep (b) owl (c) jug (d) vase
- 16.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) stories are short (c) each link leads on (d) it uses numbers
- 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat tickles a drum; the drum falls into a whistle; the whistle sits on a needle; the needle jumps over a guava. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) drum (b) whistle (c) guava (d) goat
- 18.🔗 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
- 19.🔗 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
- 20.🔗 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
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange sits on a needle; the needle chases a whistle; the whistle falls into a pillow; the pillow rolls into a cat. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) whistle (b) cat (c) pillow (d) needle
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon pulls a ball; the ball tickles a pillow; the pillow bounces onto a sock; the sock falls into a jalebi. Which item comes right after the sock? (a) pillow (b) jalebi (c) spoon (d) sock
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror pulls a pencil; the pencil rolls into a cat; the cat jumps over a nest; the nest falls into a kite. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) mirror (b) nest (c) kite (d) pencil
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant rolls into a tent; the tent sings to a radio; the radio pulls a lamp; the lamp crashes into a candle. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) lamp (b) tent (c) ant (d) radio
- 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant fan rolls into a net; the net tickles a candle; the candle sings to an apple; the apple falls into a frog. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) frog (b) fan (c) net (d) apple
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug bounces onto a drum; the drum sings to a banana; the banana rolls into a wallet; the wallet pulls a guava. Which item comes right after the jug? (a) wallet (b) drum (c) guava (d) jug
- 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet falls into an orange; the orange crashes into a rope; the rope rolls into an apple; the apple pulls an urn. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) orange (b) apple (c) rope (d) wallet
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana sings to a frog; the frog chases an ant; the ant crashes into a nest; the nest rolls into a lamp. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) ant (b) lamp (c) nest (d) banana
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase pulls a ball; the ball sings to a radio; the radio sits on a key; the key tickles a rope. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) vase (b) key (c) ball (d) rope
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat tickles a tent; the tent jumps over a spoon; the spoon pulls a duck; the duck sits on a drum. Which item comes right before the duck? (a) tent (b) cat (c) drum (d) spoon
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock pulls a tomato; the tomato jumps over a key; the key sits on an urn; the urn rolls into a vase. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) vase (b) tomato (c) urn (d) key
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe sits on a tiger; the tiger falls into a doll; the doll sings to an inkpot; the inkpot pulls a ladder. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) inkpot (b) shoe (c) doll (d) ladder
- 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange crashes into a guava; the guava rolls into a van; the van falls into an ice cream; the ice cream jumps over a cat. Which item comes right before the van? (a) cat (b) guava (c) ice cream (d) van
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana rolls into a pencil; the pencil bounces onto an ant; the ant chases a nest; the nest sits on a key. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) pencil (b) key (c) ant (d) nest
- 35.🔗 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
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite crashes into a jug; the jug chases a violin; the violin bounces onto a ladder; the ladder sits on a wallet. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) violin (b) kite (c) wallet (d) ladder
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sits on a drum; the drum chases a glass; the glass bounces onto a goat; the goat jumps over a watch. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) van (b) watch (c) glass (d) drum
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon sits on a coconut; the coconut jumps over a banana; the banana rolls into a whistle; the whistle bounces onto an orange. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) coconut (b) banana (c) whistle (d) lemon
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin sits on a kettle; the kettle chases a net; the net jumps over a pencil; the pencil falls into a spoon. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) spoon (b) net (c) pencil (d) kettle
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose sits on a flute; the flute tickles a goat; the goat bounces onto a drum; the drum pulls an anchor. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) anchor (b) goat (c) rose (d) flute
Answer key
- picture the first item
- keep linking in order
- step 2
- tent
- step 3
- step 4
- the pen stirring tea
- funny actions
- mango
- that item is lost
- replay the story
- wallet
- link it to the next item
- step 1
- jug
- each link leads on
- whistle
- picture the first item
- picture the first item
- link it to the next item
- pillow
- jalebi
- pencil
- lamp
- apple
- drum
- wallet
- banana
- ball
- spoon
- tomato
- inkpot
- guava
- nest
- link it to the next item
- violin
- watch
- banana
- spoon
- flute
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