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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 140 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  3. 3.📅 The digits 18111970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/1119/70 (b) 181/119/70 (c) 1811/19/70 (d) 18/11/1970
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, igloo, frog, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIFO (b) OFIJ (c) IJFO (d) IFOJ
  6. 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) done (c) over (d) learnt
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nani (c) Wins Silly Every Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wins
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, sock, apple? (a) Silly Lazy Ants (b) Ants Silly Lazy (c) Lazy Silly Ants (d) Silly Ants Lazy
  11. 11.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, owl, guava? (a) Old Aunty Green (b) Aunty Old Green (c) Green Old Aunty (d) Old Green Aunty
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, onion, mirror, umbrella is “___ Owls My Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Dad (c) Fly (d) Very
  14. 14.True or false: “main” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans ___ Big Green Yaks Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Ice (c) Very (d) Pigs
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  18. 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the months
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, drum, kite, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAKR (b) ADKR (c) DKRA (d) RKDA
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, mango, lamp, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMLF (b) MLFP (c) FLMP (d) MPLF
  21. 21.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, needle, radio? (a) Nani Fly Rani (b) Fly Nani Rani (c) Rani Nani Fly (d) Nani Rani Fly
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 599140832. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 140 82 (b) 559 914 0832 (c) 599 140 382 (d) 599 140 832
  24. 24.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  25. 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, coconut, apple, orange, mirror is “___ Cats Ants Old My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Fly (c) Lions (d) Dogs
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) king (d) tree
  29. 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tea (b) smell (c) bake (d) main
  30. 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) plane (c) make (d) train
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, frog, anchor, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FADP (b) DAFP (c) FPAD (d) PFAD
  33. 33.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
  34. 34.📅 The digits 20091987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/919/87 (b) 20/0919/87 (c) 20/09/1987 (d) 2009/19/87
  35. 35.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 738119708026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7381 1978 0026 (b) 7738 1197 08026 (c) 7381 9708 026 (d) 7381 1970 8026
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, mango, igloo, net, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MINRA (b) RNIMA (c) MAINR (d) AMINR
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, net, vase, umpire, frog is “Cook Nine ___ Uncle Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Love (c) Up (d) Bunny

Answer key

  1. an acronym
  2. ECPC
  3. 18/11/1970
  4. Jupiter
  5. JIFO
  6. done
  7. VIBGYOR
  8. bell
  9. Nani Every Silly Wins
  10. Lazy Silly Ants
  11. 9
  12. Aunty Old Green
  13. Dad
  14. False
  15. Ice
  16. condensation
  17. chunking
  18. the rainbow colours
  19. ADKR
  20. PMLF
  21. chunking
  22. Fly Nani Rani
  23. 599 140 832
  24. 4
  25. white
  26. precipitation
  27. Lions
  28. rain
  29. smell
  30. three chunks, not ten
  31. make
  32. PFAD
  33. means something to you
  34. 20/09/1987
  35. one word holds a list
  36. 7381 1970 8026
  37. sun
  38. in the same order
  39. AMINR
  40. Vines

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