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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 111 · 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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) know (d) say
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Sing Love ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Nine (c) Dogs (d) My
  3. 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nani Seven Wet (b) Wet Seven Eight Nani (c) Nani Eight Seven Wet (d) Eight Seven Wet Nani
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, violin, rope? (a) Runs Very Kites (b) Very Runs Kites (c) Very Kites Runs (d) Kites Very Runs
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, onion, tent, anchor, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOTAD (b) OTADU (c) OUTAD (d) DATOU
  7. 7.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, doll, onion, pencil is “Up Dance ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Only (c) Grab (d) Lazy
  10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, parrot, rope? (a) Runs Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Runs (c) Pigs Crazy Runs (d) Pigs Runs Crazy
  12. 12.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 362191575. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 362 191 575 (b) 362 915 75 (c) 632 191 575 (d) 362 191 5755
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for sock, cat, violin, wallet is “___ Cook Vines Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Funny (c) Under (d) Silly
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 400470651967. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4004 7065 1967 (b) 4004 7065 197 (c) 4004 7056 1967 (d) 4004 7065 19967
  19. 19.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) night (d) king
  21. 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) knock (b) fight (c) fun (d) free
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3807745492. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 380 774 54492 (b) 380 774 5492 (c) 830 774 5492 (d) 380 774 592
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, inkpot, mango? (a) Inside Bunny Mum (b) Inside Mum Bunny (c) Bunny Inside Mum (d) Mum Inside Bunny
  24. 24.📅 The digits 02051956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0519/56 (b) 020/519/56 (c) 0205/19/56 (d) 02/05/1956
  25. 25.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) spell (c) well (d) smell
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, inkpot, guava, van, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVGIK (b) IKGVA (c) IGVAK (d) KIGVA
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, needle, inkpot, radio, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIROC (b) NCIRO (c) ORINC (d) CNIRO
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, pillow, mango, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GMPC (b) CPMG (c) PCMG (d) PMGC
  33. 33.📅 The digits 21051982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/0519/82 (b) 2105/19/82 (c) 21/05/1982 (d) 210/519/82
  34. 34.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  36. 36.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  37. 37.📅 The digits 12121971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1212/19/71 (b) 121/219/71 (c) 12/1219/71 (d) 12/12/1971
  38. 38.📅 The digits 13091974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/09/1974 (b) 1309/19/74 (c) 13/0919/74 (d) 130/919/74
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) spell (c) smell (d) well
  40. 40.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards

Answer key

  1. know
  2. Fly
  3. the letters make no word
  4. Nani Eight Seven Wet
  5. Kites Very Runs
  6. UOTAD
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Only
  10. the rainbow colours
  11. Crazy Pigs Runs
  12. True
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. first letters as a word
  15. JFMA
  16. 362 191 575
  17. Silly
  18. 4004 7065 1967
  19. True
  20. night
  21. free
  22. 380 774 5492
  23. Bunny Inside Mum
  24. 02/05/1956
  25. means something to you
  26. rock
  27. a silly, funny one
  28. KIGVA
  29. MVEMJSUN
  30. SWG
  31. CNIRO
  32. CPMG
  33. 21/05/1982
  34. say it aloud often
  35. a rhyme
  36. one word holds a list
  37. 12/12/1971
  38. 13/09/1974
  39. lock
  40. splitting into groups

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