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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 130 · 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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) king (d) cake
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, ant, nest, jalebi, onion is “___ All Neat Jump Owls”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Ants (c) Tiny (d) Green
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  7. 7.📅 The digits 09011973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0119/73 (b) 0901/19/73 (c) 09/01/1973 (d) 090/119/73
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, guava, drum, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LDGA (b) GDLA (c) AGDL (d) GADL
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Green (b) Wet Green Sing (c) Green Wet Sing (d) Sing Wet Green
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, tomato, guava, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UTGB (b) TUGB (c) BGTU (d) TGBU
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 745705265. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 747 505 265 (b) 745 705 25 (c) 745 705 265 (d) 745 770 5265
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 856518643. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 856 651 8643 (b) 856 518 643 (c) 856 518 64 (d) 855 618 643
  15. 15.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) bell (d) king
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, jug, sock, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JOSI (b) ISJO (c) JSIO (d) OJSI
  19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  20. 20.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
  21. 21.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  22. 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) learn (c) know (d) write
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, pencil, banana, radio is “Ants ___ Big Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Lions (c) Goats (d) Sing
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Wins Goats Seven (c) Seven Wins Goats (d) Goats Wins Seven
  25. 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
  26. 26.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight ___ Pink All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Sing (c) Lazy (d) Pigs
  28. 28.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) precipitation (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) snake (c) make (d) wake
  30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, banana, fan, jalebi is “Dance ___ Funny Jeeps”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Wise (c) Very (d) Sing
  31. 31.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 352256323843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3522 2563 23843 (b) 3525 2632 3843 (c) 3522 5632 3843 (d) 3522 5632 384
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, rope, umpire? (a) Red Funny Up (b) Red Up Funny (c) Funny Red Up (d) Up Red Funny
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, umbrella, pillow? (a) Funny Uncle Play (b) Play Uncle Funny (c) Uncle Play Funny (d) Uncle Funny Play
  38. 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Lions Fly (b) Silly Lions Fly Red (c) Fly Lions Silly Red (d) Red Silly Lions Fly
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

Answer key

  1. initials match the list
  2. night
  3. ELPA
  4. False
  5. Rani
  6. a rhyme
  7. 09/01/1973
  8. AGDL
  9. Sing Wet Green
  10. UTGB
  11. an acronym
  12. PAISA
  13. 745 705 265
  14. 856 518 643
  15. False
  16. MVEMJSUN
  17. rain
  18. OJSI
  19. first letters as a word
  20. a rhyme
  21. 6
  22. know
  23. Pink
  24. Seven Wins Goats
  25. one
  26. green
  27. Lazy
  28. evaporation
  29. tea
  30. Bakes
  31. False
  32. 7
  33. a list in a fixed order
  34. 3522 5632 3843
  35. AANSAEA
  36. Funny Red Up
  37. Funny Uncle Play
  38. one word holds a list
  39. Red Silly Lions Fly
  40. chunking

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