Memory Techniques Worksheet: Story Method

Memory techniques lesson 14: The link and story method · Set 955 · 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 inkpot sits on a glass; the glass chases an umbrella; the umbrella tickles a flute; the flute bounces onto a wallet. Which item comes right before the umbrella? (a) glass (b) inkpot (c) flute (d) wallet
2. 2.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
3. 3.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
4. 4.🔗 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
5. 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant van sings to a key; the key falls into a frog; the frog bounces onto a lemon; the lemon crashes into a sock. Which item comes right before the key? (a) frog (b) van (c) sock (d) lemon
6. 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon falls into an inkpot; the inkpot rolls into a banana; the banana bounces onto an umpire; the umpire chases a shoe. Which item comes right before the inkpot? (a) umpire (b) spoon (c) inkpot (d) shoe
7. 7.🔗 Your link story: a giant apple chases a drum; the drum bounces onto a radio; the radio rolls into a violin; the violin falls into a cat. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) radio (b) drum (c) cat (d) apple
8. 8.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
9. 9.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) numbers (d) funny actions
10. 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant owl falls into a radio; the radio chases a mirror; the mirror pulls a watch; the watch tickles a bucket. Which item comes right after the watch? (a) radio (b) owl (c) bucket (d) mirror
11. 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
12. 12.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
13. 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant shoe sings to a vase; the vase sits on a doll; the doll jumps over a jeep; the jeep tickles a coconut. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) vase (b) jeep (c) doll (d) shoe
14. 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
15. 15.🔗 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
16. 16.🔗 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
17. 17.🔗 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
18. 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant nest crashes into a tiger; the tiger bounces onto a doll; the doll rolls into a wallet; the wallet falls into a kite. Which item comes right before the tiger? (a) nest (b) kite (c) wallet (d) tiger
19. 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
20. 20.🔗 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
21. 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant drum jumps over an apple; the apple tickles a duck; the duck chases an ant; the ant falls into an orange. Which item comes right after the apple? (a) orange (b) apple (c) drum (d) duck
22. 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger falls into a spoon; the spoon tickles a jalebi; the jalebi pulls an apple; the apple jumps over a sock. Which item comes right after the jalebi? (a) apple (b) tiger (c) sock (d) jalebi
23. 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat pulls a ball; the ball rolls into an onion; the onion crashes into a goat; the goat falls into a radio. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) radio (b) cat (c) onion (d) goat
24. 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire pulls a ladder; the ladder crashes into a cat; the cat sits on an apple; the apple jumps over a violin. Which item comes right before the violin? (a) cat (b) violin (c) ladder (d) apple
25. 25.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle tickles a radio; the radio falls into an onion; the onion crashes into a vase; the vase sings to a pillow. Which item comes right before the pillow? (a) onion (b) pillow (c) vase (d) candle
26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant banana bounces onto a sock; the sock pulls a fan; the fan rolls into a candle; the candle sits on a pencil. Which item comes right before the candle? (a) banana (b) fan (c) pencil (d) candle
27. 27.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) start from nowhere (c) guess (d) replay the story
28. 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant whistle crashes into a rose; the rose sits on an orange; the orange bounces onto a shoe; the shoe falls into a lamp. Which item comes right before the lamp? (a) orange (b) shoe (c) lamp (d) whistle
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 umpire chases an urn; the urn falls into an onion; the onion tickles a jeep; the jeep rolls into a pillow. Which item comes right before the jeep? (a) pillow (b) umpire (c) jeep (d) onion
31. 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger rolls into a jalebi; the jalebi sits on a shoe; the shoe jumps over a net; the net chases a rope. Which item comes right after the net? (a) shoe (b) tiger (c) rope (d) jalebi
32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep jumps over an anchor; the anchor sits on an umpire; the umpire tickles a sock; the sock chases a watch. Which item comes right after the jeep? (a) watch (b) umpire (c) jeep (d) anchor
33. 33.🔗 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
34. 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sits on an orange; the orange rolls into a cat; the cat bounces onto a tomato; the tomato falls into a nest. Which item comes right before the orange? (a) wallet (b) tomato (c) orange (d) nest
36. 36.🔗 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
37. 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant orange jumps over an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a shoe; the shoe chases a whistle; the whistle crashes into a doll. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) shoe (b) doll (c) igloo (d) orange
38. 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant mirror pulls an umpire; the umpire rolls into a wallet; the wallet bounces onto a van; the van crashes into a tiger. Which item comes right after the van? (a) mirror (b) van (c) tiger (d) wallet
39. 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant frog pulls a cat; the cat jumps over a candle; the candle sits on a bucket; the bucket rolls into a duck. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) cat (b) candle (c) duck (d) frog
40. 40.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3

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