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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 166 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
  3. 3.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  4. 4.📅 The digits 26051987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/05/1987 (b) 260/519/87 (c) 2605/19/87 (d) 26/0519/87
  5. 5.📅 The digits 17121970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/1219/70 (b) 17/12/1970 (c) 1712/19/70 (d) 171/219/70
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 958950612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 958 950 12 (b) 598 950 612 (c) 958 950 612 (d) 958 950 6122
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 1660134247. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 103 4247 (b) 166 014 247 (c) 166 013 4247 (d) 166 013 42477
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for flute, guava, mango, orange, doll is “Frogs Green Mum ___ Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Crazy (c) Goats (d) Big
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, owl, mango? (a) Mum Only Ink (b) Only Mum Ink (c) Ink Only Mum (d) Only Ink Mum
  14. 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) free (b) sell (c) light (d) rake
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 1340687624. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 068 724 (b) 134 068 76224 (c) 134 068 7624 (d) 314 068 7624
  16. 16.📅 The digits 18072001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/07/2001 (b) 1807/20/01 (c) 18/0720/01 (d) 180/720/01
  17. 17.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📅 The digits 25091957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2509/19/57 (b) 25/0919/57 (c) 25/09/1957 (d) 250/919/57
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 802774276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 774 2776 (b) 082 774 276 (c) 802 774 276 (d) 802 772 76
  20. 20.📅 The digits 20021964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2002/19/64 (b) 20/02/1964 (c) 200/219/64 (d) 20/0219/64
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 582129674236. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5812 2967 4236 (b) 5821 2967 42366 (c) 5821 2967 4236 (d) 8212 9674 236
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 7921401378. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 140 13378 (b) 792 401 378 (c) 792 140 1378 (d) 791 240 1378
  23. 23.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ink Bunny ___ Yaks Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Play (c) Vans (d) Green
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
  26. 26.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 636224503. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 636 222 4503 (b) 636 225 03 (c) 636 242 503 (d) 636 224 503
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Sing Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Goats Wise Sing
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Red (b) Funny Lions Sing Red (c) Sing Red Lions Funny (d) Red Sing Lions Funny
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) string (c) ring (d) swing
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) cake (d) king
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) night (d) sun
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4128807600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 880 7600 (b) 412 887 0600 (c) 412 880 700 (d) 412 880 07600
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, vase, rope? (a) Vans Goats Rani (b) Rani Vans Goats (c) Vans Rani Goats (d) Goats Vans Rani
  36. 36.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) run (c) plane (d) bake
  38. 38.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for monkey, pencil, needle, whistle is “Mice Pigs Neat ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) My (c) Kids (d) Wise
  40. 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more

Answer key

  1. what each letter means
  2. a memory trick
  3. 7
  4. 26/05/1987
  5. 17/12/1970
  6. JFMA
  7. one word holds a list
  8. False
  9. 958 950 612
  10. 166 013 4247
  11. chunking
  12. Old
  13. Ink Only Mum
  14. sell
  15. 134 068 7624
  16. 18/07/2001
  17. True
  18. 25/09/1957
  19. 802 774 276
  20. 20/02/1964
  21. 5821 2967 4236
  22. 792 140 1378
  23. a first-letter sentence
  24. Green
  25. king
  26. 19 and 47
  27. 636 224 503
  28. Sing Wise Goats
  29. Red Sing Lions Funny
  30. a silly, funny one
  31. free
  32. cake
  33. tree
  34. 412 880 7600
  35. Goats Vans Rani
  36. False
  37. wing
  38. means something to you
  39. Wise
  40. more

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