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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 144 · 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.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
  3. 3.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, lemon, ice cream? (a) Ink Lazy Jolly (b) Lazy Ink Jolly (c) Lazy Jolly Ink (d) Jolly Lazy Ink
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  6. 6.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the months
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every Cats Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Cook (c) Every (d) Seven
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, rope, whistle, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RWKJ (b) KWRJ (c) RJWK (d) JRWK
  9. 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) rock (b) fight (c) smell (d) one
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  11. 11.📅 The digits 03081979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0819/79 (b) 0308/19/79 (c) 03/08/1979 (d) 030/819/79
  12. 12.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
  14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) north (d) west
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, spoon, guava, urn, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CUGSN (b) NSGUC (c) SGUCN (d) SNGUC
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pink Cook (b) Cook Eight Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
  17. 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 799825251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 799 822 5251 (b) 799 822 51 (c) 799 825 215 (d) 799 825 251
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 1214145473. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 214 145 473 (b) 121 141 45473 (c) 121 414 5473 (d) 121 414 4573
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, doll, whistle, frog, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUWFG (b) GFWDU (c) DWFGU (d) UDWFG
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) knee (c) kite (d) bite
  22. 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  23. 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  24. 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) tree (d) cake
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, umbrella, drum? (a) Dance Uncle All (b) All Uncle Dance (c) Uncle All Dance (d) Uncle Dance All
  27. 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) tricks (b) songs (c) steps (d) games
  28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) one (b) snake (c) lock (d) cane
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) king (d) clock
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) rake (c) fun (d) run
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 3821084332. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 381 208 4332 (b) 382 108 432 (c) 382 108 4332 (d) 382 108 43332
  32. 32.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, coconut, watch, goat, flute is “Kids Crazy Wins Grab ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Cook (c) Red (d) Fly
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, candle, spoon, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSCW (b) CWSV (c) CSVW (d) WCSV
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Fly Runs (b) Fly Lazy Seven Runs (c) Seven Runs Lazy Fly (d) Runs Seven Lazy Fly
  37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, bucket, vase, rose, needle is “All Bunny Very Rani ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Jeeps (c) Nine (d) Kites
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  40. 40.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white

Answer key

  1. the letters make no word
  2. SWG
  3. 4
  4. Jolly Lazy Ink
  5. in the same order
  6. the rainbow colours
  7. Cook
  8. JRWK
  9. rock
  10. a first-letter sentence
  11. 03/08/1979
  12. False
  13. a memory trick
  14. west
  15. NSGUC
  16. Eight Cook Pink Cook
  17. more
  18. 799 825 251
  19. 121 414 5473
  20. UDWFG
  21. knee
  22. what each letter means
  23. initials match the list
  24. three chunks, not ten
  25. tree
  26. All Uncle Dance
  27. tricks
  28. snake
  29. king
  30. rake
  31. 382 108 4332
  32. False
  33. True
  34. Fly
  35. WCSV
  36. Runs Seven Lazy Fly
  37. a rhyme
  38. Nine
  39. ELPA
  40. white

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