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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 15 · 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.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Fly (b) Seven Rani Lions Fly (c) Seven Lions Fly Rani (d) Fly Lions Seven Rani
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) night (d) sun
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jug, fan, watch, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JGFWK (b) KWFJG (c) GJFWK (d) JFWKG
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  6. 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Eight Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Neat (c) Wins (d) Up
  8. 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  10. 10.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, duck, needle? (a) Under Dogs Nine (b) Dogs Under Nine (c) Nine Dogs Under (d) Dogs Nine Under
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 465350015. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 453 500 15 (b) 465 350 105 (c) 465 355 0015 (d) 465 350 015
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Wise Grab Silly
  17. 17.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) star (d) world
  19. 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, jalebi, owl? (a) Owls Jeeps Uncle (b) Uncle Jeeps Owls (c) Jeeps Owls Uncle (d) Jeeps Uncle Owls
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Play All (b) All Play Love Eight (c) Eight Love Play All (d) Love Play All Eight
  22. 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sea (b) fight (c) bright (d) done
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) rain (d) bell
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Green Seven (b) Green Wise Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Seven Wise Green
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 855708124350. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8557 0812 350 (b) 8557 0182 4350 (c) 8557 0812 44350 (d) 8557 0812 4350
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mum Aunty Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
  30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, inkpot, needle, wallet, owl is “Jolly Ice ___ Wise Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Aunty (c) Up (d) Tiny
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 773307212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 307 22 (b) 773 307 122 (c) 773 307 212 (d) 773 307 2122
  32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wise Green (b) Wise Silly Green (c) Green Wise Silly (d) Wise Green Silly
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, doll, frog? (a) Dance Cook Fly (b) Cook Dance Fly (c) Fly Dance Cook (d) Dance Fly Cook
  35. 35.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  36. 36.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  37. 37.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) clock (d) night
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, frog, tomato, urn is “___ Frogs Tea Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Only (c) Grab (d) Eight

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. Rani Seven Lions Fly
  3. sun
  4. GJFWK
  5. first letters as a word
  6. the letters make no word
  7. Wins
  8. initials match the list
  9. an acronym
  10. True
  11. condensation
  12. a rhyme
  13. Under Dogs Nine
  14. 465 350 015
  15. VIBGYOR
  16. Silly Wise Grab
  17. True
  18. one
  19. a list in a fixed order
  20. Uncle Jeeps Owls
  21. Eight Love Play All
  22. sea
  23. a first-letter sentence
  24. 5
  25. tree
  26. a silly, funny one
  27. Seven Wise Green
  28. 8557 0812 4350
  29. Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
  30. Neat
  31. 773 307 212
  32. evaporation
  33. Silly Wise Green
  34. Cook Dance Fly
  35. green
  36. 9
  37. False
  38. flower
  39. night
  40. Grab

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