Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 859 · 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 duck falls into a monkey; the monkey crashes into a drum; the drum chases an ant; the ant sings to a lemon. Which item comes right after the duck? (a) lemon (b) duck (c) monkey (d) drum
2. 2.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) it comes back alone (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent falls into a wallet; the wallet jumps over an owl; the owl bounces onto a parrot; the parrot chases a net. Which item comes right before the wallet? (a) parrot (b) wallet (c) tent (d) owl
5. 5.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
6. 6.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
7. 7.🔗 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
8. 8.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) numbers (c) plain lists (d) funny actions
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.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball sings to an anchor; the anchor bounces onto an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a bucket; the bucket falls into a pillow. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) bucket (b) umbrella (c) anchor (d) ball
11. 11.🔗 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
12. 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror falls into a pencil; the pencil crashes into a frog; the frog jumps over a candle; the candle rolls into a rope. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) rope (b) candle (c) mirror (d) pencil
13. 13.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow sings to a mango; the mango rolls into a wallet; the wallet tickles a jalebi; the jalebi crashes into a rope. Which item comes right after the mango? (a) wallet (b) mango (c) rope (d) jalebi
15. 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant net pulls a spoon; the spoon bounces onto a lemon; the lemon chases a wallet; the wallet sings to a tomato. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) spoon (b) lemon (c) tomato (d) wallet
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow sings to a mango; the mango bounces onto a glass; the glass jumps over a van; the van rolls into a violin. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) pillow (b) mango (c) van (d) violin
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger jumps over an umpire; the umpire chases a rope; the rope sings to a sock; the sock rolls into a mirror. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) rope (b) tiger (c) mirror (d) sock
19. 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire sings to a lamp; the lamp pulls an urn; the urn bounces onto a frog; the frog jumps over a goat. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) urn (b) umpire (c) lamp (d) goat
20. 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe sings to an orange; the orange pulls a drum; the drum crashes into a tent; the tent sits on a nest. Which item comes right after the shoe? (a) drum (b) shoe (c) orange (d) nest
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle sits on a rose; the rose crashes into a candle; the candle sings to a bucket; the bucket tickles a needle. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) needle (b) candle (c) kettle (d) rose
22. 22.🔗 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
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn tickles a key; the key rolls into an umbrella; the umbrella bounces onto a pencil; the pencil sings to an owl. Which item comes right before the umbrella? (a) owl (b) umbrella (c) urn (d) key
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a sock; the sock jumps over a kettle; the kettle sings to an urn; the urn sits on a needle. Which item comes right before the urn? (a) needle (b) sock (c) kettle (d) rose
25. 25.🔗 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
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange sits on a frog; the frog crashes into an inkpot; the inkpot falls into a banana; the banana chases a bucket. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) banana (b) frog (c) orange (d) bucket
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep rolls into a glass; the glass falls into an apple; the apple bounces onto a shoe; the shoe tickles a mirror. Which item comes right after the glass? (a) glass (b) apple (c) jeep (d) mirror
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock chases a banana; the banana crashes into a shoe; the shoe jumps over a key; the key falls into a lemon. Which item comes right after the shoe? (a) lemon (b) sock (c) shoe (d) key
29. 29.🔗 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
30. 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum pulls a ladder; the ladder rolls into a jalebi; the jalebi falls into a tomato; the tomato crashes into an umpire. Which item comes right after the jalebi? (a) jalebi (b) umpire (c) tomato (d) drum
31. 31.🔗 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
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum bounces onto a goat; the goat chases a violin; the violin falls into a mirror; the mirror rolls into a doll. Which item comes right before the goat? (a) doll (b) violin (c) mirror (d) drum
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant key crashes into a violin; the violin jumps over a pencil; the pencil bounces onto a jalebi; the jalebi sits on a glass. Which item comes right before the glass? (a) key (b) pencil (c) jalebi (d) violin
34. 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
35. 35.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
36. 36.🔗 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
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger jumps over an umbrella; the umbrella crashes into a drum; the drum bounces onto a mango; the mango sings to a lemon. Which item comes right after the umbrella? (a) umbrella (b) tiger (c) drum (d) lemon
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet chases a lemon; the lemon rolls into a rope; the rope tickles a key; the key pulls an umpire. Which item comes right after the lemon? (a) umpire (b) lemon (c) rope (d) wallet
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose crashes into a parrot; the parrot falls into a sock; the sock sits on a flute; the flute pulls a bucket. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) rose (b) bucket (c) parrot (d) flute
40. 40.🔗 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

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