Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 953 · 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 goat falls into a lamp; the lamp pulls a ladder; the ladder sings to an ice cream; the ice cream bounces onto a rose. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) goat (b) rose (c) ladder (d) ice cream
2. 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
3. 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
4. 4.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) the pen stirring tea (c) neither (d) both the same
5. 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
6. 6.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) nothing changes (c) that item is lost (d) you get an extra item
7. 7.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) it uses numbers (c) it rhymes (d) stories are short
8. 8.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin chases a sock; the sock sits on a banana; the banana bounces onto a goat; the goat falls into a watch. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) violin (b) banana (c) goat (d) sock
9. 9.🔗 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
10. 10.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) numbers (b) plain lists (c) colours only (d) funny actions
11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey crashes into a guava; the guava tickles an ant; the ant pulls a ball; the ball sits on a jeep. Which item comes right after the monkey? (a) jeep (b) guava (c) monkey (d) ball
12. 12.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
13. 13.🔗 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
14. 14.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute chases a bucket; the bucket pulls a ladder; the ladder jumps over a kettle; the kettle sings to a ball. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) ball (b) ladder (c) flute (d) kettle
15. 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat crashes into a vase; the vase tickles a frog; the frog sits on a ladder; the ladder pulls a bucket. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) cat (b) frog (c) bucket (d) vase
16. 16.🔗 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
17. 17.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple sits on a pencil; the pencil rolls into a drum; the drum chases a mango; the mango sings to a frog. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) drum (b) mango (c) pencil (d) apple
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo pulls an inkpot; the inkpot sings to a sock; the sock chases an onion; the onion crashes into a nest. Which item comes right before the nest? (a) onion (b) sock (c) nest (d) igloo
19. 19.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
20. 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
21. 21.🔗 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
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant inkpot chases a whistle; the whistle bounces onto a sock; the sock crashes into a pencil; the pencil rolls into a goat. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) sock (b) whistle (c) inkpot (d) goat
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sits on an umpire; the umpire falls into a needle; the needle bounces onto a rose; the rose tickles a pencil. Which item comes right after the needle? (a) pencil (b) wallet (c) umpire (d) rose
24. 24.🔗 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
25. 25.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant onion chases a van; the van rolls into a drum; the drum sings to an apple; the apple crashes into a jug. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) apple (b) drum (c) van (d) onion
27. 27.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent crashes into a jug; the jug pulls an ant; the ant bounces onto a guava; the guava jumps over an igloo. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) jug (b) igloo (c) tent (d) guava
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog sings to a flute; the flute rolls into a guava; the guava pulls a whistle; the whistle falls into a doll. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) doll (b) frog (c) flute (d) whistle
29. 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana bounces onto a candle; the candle tickles a rope; the rope chases an orange; the orange jumps over an ice cream. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) rope (b) orange (c) banana (d) candle
30. 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant coconut jumps over an inkpot; the inkpot tickles a lemon; the lemon rolls into a glass; the glass chases an onion. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) onion (b) lemon (c) coconut (d) glass
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant pillow rolls into a vase; the vase falls into a cat; the cat chases a kettle; the kettle tickles a jalebi. Which item comes right before the kettle? (a) vase (b) kettle (c) cat (d) pillow
33. 33.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep falls into a kettle; the kettle jumps over a pillow; the pillow pulls an umbrella; the umbrella bounces onto a sock. Which item comes right before the kettle? (a) jeep (b) kettle (c) umbrella (d) pillow
34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch crashes into a ball; the ball bounces onto a jeep; the jeep chases a ladder; the ladder sings to a rose. Which item comes right before the rose? (a) ball (b) ladder (c) watch (d) rose
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon sings to an umpire; the umpire crashes into a nest; the nest bounces onto an urn; the urn sits on a bucket. Which item comes right before the nest? (a) spoon (b) umpire (c) bucket (d) nest
36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant igloo sits on a banana; the banana crashes into a ladder; the ladder tickles a coconut; the coconut pulls a kettle. Which item comes right after the banana? (a) ladder (b) coconut (c) banana (d) igloo
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger sings to a shoe; the shoe crashes into a flute; the flute jumps over a glass; the glass tickles a jeep. Which item comes right before the shoe? (a) flute (b) shoe (c) jeep (d) tiger
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant doll bounces onto a tiger; the tiger tickles a drum; the drum sits on an ice cream; the ice cream sings to a needle. Which item comes right after the doll? (a) needle (b) doll (c) tiger (d) ice cream
39. 39.🔗 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
40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant lemon sits on a sock; the sock crashes into a kettle; the kettle falls into a whistle; the whistle jumps over a glass. Which item comes right after the kettle? (a) kettle (b) lemon (c) sock (d) whistle

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