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