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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 104 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.

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  1. 1.📅 The digits 10051999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1005/19/99 (b) 10/0519/99 (c) 10/05/1999 (d) 100/519/99
  2. 2.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, onion, frog, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFOM (b) OMFN (c) MOFN (d) OFNM
  4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  5. 5.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for onion, tent, rope, needle, umbrella is “___ Tiny Rani Nani Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Only (c) Dance (d) Eight
  7. 7.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, frog, mango, drum, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RDMFU (b) FUMDR (c) UFMDR (d) FMDRU
  9. 9.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, jug, bucket? (a) Mice Jolly Bunny (b) Jolly Mice Bunny (c) Jolly Bunny Mice (d) Bunny Jolly Mice
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Bakes ___ Yum Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Big (c) Only (d) Grab
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: guava, cat, umpire? (a) Green Cats Up (b) Up Cats Green (c) Cats Up Green (d) Cats Green Up
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, parrot, bucket? (a) Ants Pink Bunny (b) Pink Ants Bunny (c) Bunny Pink Ants (d) Pink Bunny Ants
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, lemon, cat? (a) Cook Lazy Vans (b) Lazy Vans Cook (c) Vans Lazy Cook (d) Lazy Cook Vans
  15. 15.📅 The digits 13121953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/12/1953 (b) 13/1219/53 (c) 131/219/53 (d) 1312/19/53
  16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
  18. 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  19. 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) star (c) planet (d) world
  20. 20.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  23. 23.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) clear (c) known (d) true
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rose, jalebi, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RFJT (b) RJTF (c) TJRF (d) FRJT
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pink Ants (b) Lazy Pink Ants Eight (c) Ants Pink Lazy Eight (d) Eight Lazy Pink Ants
  29. 29.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) spell (c) well (d) sell
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  32. 32.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, whistle, glass? (a) Kind Wise Green (b) Green Wise Kind (c) Wise Green Kind (d) Wise Kind Green
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, ball, jug? (a) Pink Bunny Jump (b) Bunny Pink Jump (c) Jump Bunny Pink (d) Bunny Jump Pink
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 506601081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 601 081 (b) 506 010 81 (c) 506 601 018 (d) 506 600 1081
  36. 36.📅 The digits 25081987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/08/1987 (b) 2508/19/87 (c) 25/0819/87 (d) 250/819/87
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) sun (d) clock
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 648833165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 648 833 1665 (b) 684 833 165 (c) 648 833 165 (d) 648 833 65
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 941695312. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 946 953 12 (b) 941 695 312 (c) 941 669 5312 (d) 941 695 132

Answer key

  1. 10/05/1999
  2. an acronym
  3. MOFN
  4. 8
  5. True
  6. Only
  7. False
  8. UFMDR
  9. the letters make no word
  10. Mice Jolly Bunny
  11. Grab
  12. Green Cats Up
  13. Ants Pink Bunny
  14. Vans Lazy Cook
  15. 13/12/1953
  16. the rainbow colours
  17. a silly, funny one
  18. Jupiter
  19. one
  20. violet
  21. what each letter means
  22. one word holds a list
  23. first letters as a word
  24. 9
  25. MVEMJSUN
  26. true
  27. FRJT
  28. Eight Lazy Pink Ants
  29. a list in a fixed order
  30. bake
  31. NESW
  32. False
  33. Kind Wise Green
  34. Pink Bunny Jump
  35. 506 601 081
  36. 25/08/1987
  37. AANSAEA
  38. sun
  39. 648 833 165
  40. 941 695 312

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