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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 128 · 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.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) learn (d) say
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  6. 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  7. 7.📅 The digits 27021960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/02/1960 (b) 270/219/60 (c) 27/0219/60 (d) 2702/19/60
  8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) run (c) lock (d) ton
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat (c) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty (d) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat
  11. 11.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Very Every Mice Jolly Silly ___ Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Under (c) Bunny (d) Very
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, pencil, watch? (a) Uncle Pigs Wet (b) Wet Pigs Uncle (c) Pigs Wet Uncle (d) Pigs Uncle Wet
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink All Every (b) All Pink Love Every (c) Every Love Pink All (d) Love Every Pink All
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) one (c) spell (d) fun
  17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  20. 20.📅 The digits 24051990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/05/1990 (b) 240/519/90 (c) 24/0519/90 (d) 2405/19/90
  21. 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, pencil, sock, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASPO (b) POSA (c) PSAO (d) OPSA
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Play Lions Every (b) Lions Every Play Ants (c) Every Lions Play Ants (d) Lions Play Ants Every
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  27. 27.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, nest, duck, shoe is “___ Nine Dance Silly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Yaks (c) Wet (d) Lions
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) pupa (d) larva
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, lemon, kite? (a) Love Kids Play (b) Love Play Kids (c) Play Love Kids (d) Kids Love Play
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) south (d) north
  32. 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) adult (d) egg
  33. 33.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) violet (c) indigo (d) green
  34. 34.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 701754185. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 071 754 185 (b) 717 541 85 (c) 701 754 185 (d) 770 175 4185
  36. 36.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
  37. 37.📅 The digits 12052023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/520/23 (b) 12/0520/23 (c) 1205/20/23 (d) 12/05/2023
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, drum, inkpot? (a) Dad Owls Ink (b) Ink Dad Owls (c) Dad Ink Owls (d) Owls Dad Ink
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 220003430290. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2200 0034 30290 (b) 2200 3430 290 (c) 2200 0343 0290 (d) 2200 0340 3290
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 5
  3. SWG
  4. know
  5. AANSAEA
  6. initials match the list
  7. 27/02/1960
  8. what each letter means
  9. lock
  10. Eat Lions Pigs Aunty
  11. True
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. Under
  14. Uncle Pigs Wet
  15. Every Love Pink All
  16. spell
  17. a rhyme
  18. VIBGYOR
  19. JFMA
  20. 24/05/1990
  21. the rainbow colours
  22. chunking
  23. root
  24. OPSA
  25. Every Lions Play Ants
  26. a silly, funny one
  27. 2
  28. Lions
  29. larva
  30. Play Love Kids
  31. north
  32. egg
  33. indigo
  34. one word holds a list
  35. 701 754 185
  36. three chunks, not ten
  37. 12/05/2023
  38. Owls Dad Ink
  39. 2200 0343 0290
  40. RSLF

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