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