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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 127 · 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.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) make (b) string (c) thing (d) bun
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) main (b) bright (c) cane (d) lane
  3. 3.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📅 The digits 06101985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/1019/85 (b) 06/10/1985 (c) 061/019/85 (d) 0610/19/85
  7. 7.📅 The digits 11081962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0819/62 (b) 1108/19/62 (c) 110/819/62 (d) 11/08/1962
  8. 8.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  11. 11.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Silly Lazy Funny (b) Funny Lazy Silly Runs (c) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (d) Silly Runs Lazy Funny
  14. 14.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) reading very fast
  15. 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) rock (c) knee (d) lock
  16. 16.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, candle, parrot? (a) Very Cats Pink (b) Cats Very Pink (c) Cats Pink Very (d) Pink Cats Very
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, ice cream, umbrella, needle, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUNTW (b) TNUIW (c) WIUNT (d) IWUNT
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  22. 22.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 345758459. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 345 758 459 (b) 345 584 59 (c) 345 775 8459 (d) 354 758 459
  24. 24.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  25. 25.📅 The digits 16041990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0419/90 (b) 16/04/1990 (c) 1604/19/90 (d) 160/419/90
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, watch, apple, doll, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WADRN (b) NWADR (c) WNADR (d) RDAWN
  28. 28.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Crazy Pigs (b) Crazy Eight Pigs Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy (d) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eight
  30. 30.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) writing it tiny (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) sing (c) wing (d) thing
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 112800211164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1128 0021 114 (b) 1112 8002 11164 (c) 1182 0021 1164 (d) 1128 0021 1164
  33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, drum, fan? (a) Fly Dogs Ants (b) Ants Dogs Fly (c) Dogs Ants Fly (d) Dogs Fly Ants
  35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
  36. 36.📅 The digits 25021995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2502/19/95 (b) 25/0219/95 (c) 250/219/95 (d) 25/02/1995
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) free (c) fast (d) long
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 962890145321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9628 9014 5321 (b) 9628 9014 531 (c) 9628 9014 5312 (d) 9662 8901 45321
  40. 40.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) king (d) rain

Answer key

  1. bun
  2. bright
  3. Neptune
  4. an acronym
  5. False
  6. 06/10/1985
  7. 11/08/1962
  8. True
  9. False
  10. 8
  11. 19 and 47
  12. ECPC
  13. Runs Silly Lazy Funny
  14. splitting into groups
  15. knee
  16. means something to you
  17. February
  18. RSLF
  19. Very Cats Pink
  20. WIUNT
  21. PAISA
  22. initials match the list
  23. 345 758 459
  24. condensation
  25. 16/04/1990
  26. Seven Wise Green
  27. NWADR
  28. one word holds a list
  29. Eight Crazy Pigs Crazy
  30. a beat or a tune
  31. bee
  32. 1128 0021 1164
  33. saffron
  34. Ants Dogs Fly
  35. an acronym
  36. 25/02/1995
  37. leaf
  38. free
  39. 9628 9014 5321
  40. king

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