Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 825 · 40 questions

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.

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

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