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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 163 · 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.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
  4. 4.📅 The digits 14021969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/219/69 (b) 1402/19/69 (c) 14/02/1969 (d) 14/0219/69
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  6. 6.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) spell (b) bright (c) tea (d) bake
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
  10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, banana, frog, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OFBI (b) BIFO (c) BFOI (d) IBFO
  12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (d) Funny Jeeps My Aunty
  14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, onion, flute? (a) Funny Owls Toys (b) Owls Funny Toys (c) Owls Toys Funny (d) Toys Owls Funny
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 897150310132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8971 5031 132 (b) 9871 5031 0132 (c) 8971 5031 0132 (d) 8971 5503 10132
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  19. 19.📅 The digits 18072004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1807/20/04 (b) 180/720/04 (c) 18/0720/04 (d) 18/07/2004
  20. 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) string (b) well (c) chain (d) cane
  21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mango, fan, lemon, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFLWB (b) MBFLW (c) WLFMB (d) BMFLW
  23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 411173886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 411 173 886 (b) 411 173 8866 (c) 111 738 86 (d) 141 173 886
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) cake (d) rain
  26. 26.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  27. 27.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 110595218011. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1105 9521 18011 (b) 1105 9521 8011 (c) 1105 9521 011 (d) 1109 5521 8011
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 888241930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 888 241 30 (b) 888 224 1930 (c) 888 249 130 (d) 888 241 930
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) sea (c) wake (d) three
  31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, frog, cat, vase, jug is “Wise ___ Crazy Vans Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Wise (c) Frogs (d) Aunty
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, onion, doll, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ODAS (b) OSDA (c) SODA (d) ADOS
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) won (c) bun (d) wing
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) cake (d) sun
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 9618361819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 961 836 1819 (b) 918 361 819 (c) 961 386 1819 (d) 961 836 61819
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1867682204. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 118 676 82204 (b) 186 768 224 (c) 168 768 2204 (d) 186 768 2204
  37. 37.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) learnt (b) done (c) over (d) ended
  38. 38.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  39. 39.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sea (b) tea (c) lane (d) one

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. three chunks, not ten
  4. 14/02/1969
  5. first letters as a word
  6. False
  7. spell
  8. South America
  9. a silly, funny one
  10. a first-letter sentence
  11. IBFO
  12. False
  13. Jeeps Funny My Aunty
  14. an acronym
  15. Toys Owls Funny
  16. 8971 5031 0132
  17. RSLF
  18. JFMA
  19. 18/07/2004
  20. well
  21. one word holds a list
  22. BMFLW
  23. January
  24. 411 173 886
  25. rain
  26. an acronym
  27. a first-letter sentence
  28. 1105 9521 8011
  29. 888 241 930
  30. wake
  31. Frogs
  32. SODA
  33. wing
  34. rain
  35. 961 836 1819
  36. 186 768 2204
  37. done
  38. initials match the list
  39. True
  40. one

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