Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 829 · 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.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant rolls into a pillow; the pillow chases a mango; the mango bounces onto a flute; the flute tickles a wallet. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) pillow (b) flute (c) mango (d) ant
2. 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat rolls into a banana; the banana crashes into an orange; the orange sits on a bucket; the bucket jumps over a mirror. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) bucket (b) banana (c) mirror (d) cat
3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat sits on an umbrella; the umbrella sings to an urn; the urn pulls a radio; the radio chases an apple. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) radio (b) goat (c) urn (d) umbrella
4. 4.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
5. 5.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) funny actions (c) plain lists (d) numbers
6. 6.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) guess (d) replay the story
7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp jumps over an ant; the ant sings to a rope; the rope tickles a spoon; the spoon sits on an urn. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) rope (b) lamp (c) ant (d) spoon
8. 8.🔗 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
9. 9.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana sits on a mirror; the mirror crashes into a whistle; the whistle tickles a jalebi; the jalebi bounces onto a wallet. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) jalebi (b) mirror (c) whistle (d) banana
11. 11.🔗 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
12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire crashes into an onion; the onion chases a goat; the goat sings to a cat; the cat rolls into a bucket. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) goat (b) onion (c) cat (d) umpire
13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato jumps over a doll; the doll sits on a monkey; the monkey falls into a spoon; the spoon chases an orange. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) orange (b) monkey (c) tomato (d) doll
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant net sits on a drum; the drum bounces onto an ant; the ant jumps over an igloo; the igloo pulls a glass. Which item comes right before the drum? (a) ant (b) igloo (c) glass (d) net
15. 15.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
16. 16.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) the pen near a cup
17. 17.🔗 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
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum bounces onto an inkpot; the inkpot sings to an onion; the onion crashes into a van; the van falls into a needle. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) van (b) inkpot (c) drum (d) onion
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut jumps over a flute; the flute sits on a cat; the cat bounces onto a goat; the goat tickles an ice cream. Which item comes right after the coconut? (a) goat (b) cat (c) ice cream (d) flute
20. 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream jumps over a tomato; the tomato chases an anchor; the anchor falls into a jalebi; the jalebi sings to an igloo. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) tomato (b) anchor (c) igloo (d) jalebi
22. 22.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) each link leads on (c) it rhymes (d) stories are short
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass tickles a coconut; the coconut falls into a pillow; the pillow bounces onto a jalebi; the jalebi jumps over a mango. Which item comes right before the pillow? (a) coconut (b) glass (c) jalebi (d) mango
24. 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck chases a doll; the doll rolls into a ball; the ball tickles an urn; the urn jumps over a mango. Which item comes right before the ball? (a) doll (b) duck (c) ball (d) mango
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder jumps over a jug; the jug bounces onto a goat; the goat crashes into a key; the key tickles a lemon. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) key (b) goat (c) lemon (d) ladder
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck rolls into a watch; the watch tickles a lamp; the lamp chases a shoe; the shoe pulls an ant. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) duck (b) watch (c) lamp (d) ant
28. 28.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock sits on a cat; the cat falls into a pencil; the pencil sings to a vase; the vase crashes into a jug. Which item comes right after the vase? (a) pencil (b) vase (c) jug (d) cat
30. 30.🔗 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
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball falls into an igloo; the igloo chases a radio; the radio crashes into an apple; the apple tickles an owl. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) apple (b) ball (c) radio (d) owl
32. 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
33. 33.🔗 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
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant rope jumps over a duck; the duck falls into a rose; the rose chases an apple; the apple tickles a goat. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) duck (b) rose (c) rope (d) apple
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute crashes into a bucket; the bucket sings to a drum; the drum bounces onto a whistle; the whistle sits on a mirror. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) flute (b) bucket (c) whistle (d) drum
36. 36.🔗 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
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite crashes into a nest; the nest bounces onto a jalebi; the jalebi pulls a drum; the drum falls into a rose. Which item comes right before the nest? (a) kite (b) nest (c) jalebi (d) drum
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange tickles an ant; the ant sits on a rose; the rose chases a van; the van pulls a wallet. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) rose (b) van (c) ant (d) orange
39. 39.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant lamp bounces onto a coconut; the coconut sings to a shoe; the shoe chases an umbrella; the umbrella falls into a needle. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) coconut (b) lamp (c) umbrella (d) shoe

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