Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 881 · 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.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
2. 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
3. 3.🔗 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
4. 4.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey sings to a lemon; the lemon chases a sock; the sock crashes into an orange; the orange jumps over a drum. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) drum (b) sock (c) lemon (d) orange
5. 5.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) stories are short (b) it uses numbers (c) each link leads on (d) it rhymes
6. 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut sits on a sock; the sock sings to an umpire; the umpire falls into a tent; the tent pulls a rope. Which item comes right after the sock? (a) coconut (b) tent (c) umpire (d) sock
8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire sings to a radio; the radio rolls into a rope; the rope falls into a lamp; the lamp pulls a needle. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) rope (b) lamp (c) radio (d) umpire
9. 9.🔗 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
10. 10.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass bounces onto a ladder; the ladder crashes into a needle; the needle pulls a candle; the candle sings to a banana. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) glass (b) ladder (c) needle (d) candle
12. 12.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) guess (c) start from nowhere (d) read a new list
13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck bounces onto a guava; the guava falls into a flute; the flute pulls a monkey; the monkey tickles a kite. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) guava (b) monkey (c) flute (d) duck
14. 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat chases a banana; the banana falls into a rose; the rose jumps over a lemon; the lemon rolls into a doll. Which item comes right before the banana? (a) goat (b) doll (c) lemon (d) rose
16. 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl sits on a monkey; the monkey falls into an ice cream; the ice cream tickles a ball; the ball sings to a jug. Which item comes right before the monkey? (a) jug (b) ball (c) owl (d) ice cream
17. 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. 18.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) colours only (c) plain lists (d) numbers
19. 19.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) the pen stirring tea (c) both the same (d) the pen near a cup
20. 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. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle bounces onto an inkpot; the inkpot pulls a tomato; the tomato chases an umbrella; the umbrella jumps over a ladder. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) ladder (b) umbrella (c) tomato (d) inkpot
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant tomato crashes into a nest; the nest tickles an urn; the urn bounces onto an igloo; the igloo falls into a parrot. Which item comes right after the tomato? (a) parrot (b) urn (c) nest (d) tomato
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana rolls into a key; the key tickles a duck; the duck crashes into an ice cream; the ice cream jumps over a ball. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) ball (b) key (c) duck (d) ice cream
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil bounces onto a tomato; the tomato crashes into a cat; the cat pulls an igloo; the igloo sings to a needle. Which item comes right before the needle? (a) tomato (b) cat (c) pencil (d) igloo
25. 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant kite falls into a ladder; the ladder pulls a jug; the jug tickles an orange; the orange bounces onto a cat. Which item comes right after the ladder? (a) orange (b) ladder (c) jug (d) cat
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle bounces onto an inkpot; the inkpot falls into an orange; the orange pulls a ball; the ball chases a radio. Which item comes right after the ball? (a) orange (b) radio (c) inkpot (d) ball
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant key sings to a doll; the doll crashes into an anchor; the anchor falls into an onion; the onion sits on a nest. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) key (b) doll (c) anchor (d) onion
29. 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
30. 30.🔗 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
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat pulls a jeep; the jeep sits on an anchor; the anchor rolls into an ant; the ant sings to a mango. Which item comes right after the cat? (a) ant (b) jeep (c) anchor (d) cat
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass jumps over a whistle; the whistle tickles a kettle; the kettle falls into a violin; the violin sits on a kite. Which item comes right after the whistle? (a) glass (b) kite (c) violin (d) kettle
33. 33.🔗 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
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep sings to an apple; the apple bounces onto a spoon; the spoon crashes into an umpire; the umpire rolls into a pencil. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) umpire (b) spoon (c) pencil (d) jeep
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock sits on a mirror; the mirror sings to a doll; the doll jumps over a frog; the frog crashes into a monkey. Which item comes right after the mirror? (a) monkey (b) frog (c) doll (d) mirror
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant jug tickles a jeep; the jeep pulls an igloo; the igloo falls into a sock; the sock crashes into a violin. Which item comes right before the sock? (a) igloo (b) jug (c) sock (d) jeep
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire pulls a parrot; the parrot crashes into a nest; the nest chases an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a cat. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) nest (b) parrot (c) igloo (d) cat
38. 38.🔗 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
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant van pulls a parrot; the parrot rolls into a bucket; the bucket tickles a fan; the fan falls into a glass. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) bucket (b) parrot (c) glass (d) van
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase falls into a wallet; the wallet pulls a ladder; the ladder sits on a lemon; the lemon crashes into a flute. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) vase (b) lemon (c) ladder (d) flute

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