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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 139 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, tomato, candle, umbrella, pillow is “Wise Tea Cook ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Ice (c) Big (d) Uncle
  2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) shell (b) brain (c) string (d) chain
  4. 4.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Inside Bunny Goats Yaks Old ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Bakes (c) Cook (d) Runs
  7. 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5153738867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 515 373 8867 (b) 515 373 887 (c) 515 373 88867 (d) 515 337 8867
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, apple, owl? (a) Grab All Owls (b) All Owls Grab (c) Owls All Grab (d) All Grab Owls
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, lamp, duck? (a) Lions Dance Silly (b) Dance Lions Silly (c) Silly Lions Dance (d) Lions Silly Dance
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
  13. 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) ton (b) bright (c) lane (d) sock
  14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Europe (d) North America
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, orange, apple? (a) Aunty Only Jeeps (b) Only Jeeps Aunty (c) Jeeps Only Aunty (d) Only Aunty Jeeps
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) free (c) spell (d) sell
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) GWS
  18. 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 968181318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 818 1318 (b) 968 181 318 (c) 961 881 318 (d) 968 813 18
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  21. 21.📅 The digits 17101974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 171/019/74 (b) 17/10/1974 (c) 17/1019/74 (d) 1710/19/74
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  23. 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
  24. 24.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  25. 25.📅 The digits 15122011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/220/11 (b) 15/12/2011 (c) 15/1220/11 (d) 1512/20/11
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  27. 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) fast (c) again (d) twice
  28. 28.📅 The digits 07071950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0707/19/50 (b) 07/07/1950 (c) 070/719/50 (d) 07/0719/50
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) APLE
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 301712726. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 307 112 726 (b) 301 712 2726 (c) 301 712 726 (d) 301 717 26
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) king (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) white (c) kite (d) sea
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, rope, violin? (a) Wins Red Vans (b) Vans Red Wins (c) Red Vans Wins (d) Red Wins Vans
  35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) string (b) bright (c) tea (d) cane
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lane (b) spell (c) kite (d) fun
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) cake (d) sun
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 6452215454. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 654 221 5454 (b) 645 221 5454 (c) 645 221 544 (d) 645 522 15454
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, whistle, guava? (a) Crazy Wet Goats (b) Wet Crazy Goats (c) Goats Wet Crazy (d) Wet Goats Crazy

Answer key

  1. Uncle
  2. chunking
  3. string
  4. splitting into groups
  5. first letters as a word
  6. Runs
  7. green
  8. 515 373 8867
  9. Grab All Owls
  10. Silly Lions Dance
  11. JFMA
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. sock
  14. Europe
  15. Jeeps Only Aunty
  16. free
  17. SWG
  18. numbers and letter lists
  19. 968 181 318
  20. precipitation
  21. 17/10/1974
  22. VIBGYOR
  23. initials match the list
  24. one word holds a list
  25. 15/12/2011
  26. PAISA
  27. more
  28. 07/07/1950
  29. ELPA
  30. a first-letter sentence
  31. 301 712 726
  32. clock
  33. sea
  34. Wins Red Vans
  35. cane
  36. spell
  37. cake
  38. chunking
  39. 645 221 5454
  40. Crazy Wet Goats

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