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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 169 · 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.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) March (b) April (c) January (d) February
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 3214401012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 321 440 1012 (b) 321 440 10122 (c) 321 441 012 (d) 321 440 1021
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  4. 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  5. 5.📅 The digits 04081966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/819/66 (b) 04/0819/66 (c) 04/08/1966 (d) 0408/19/66
  6. 6.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wise Neat (b) Neat Every Sing Wise (c) Every Neat Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Every Neat
  8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) cold (b) fast (c) long (d) free
  10. 10.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, vase, radio, anchor is “___ Vans Rani All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Tea (c) Inside (d) Wet
  12. 12.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
  13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  14. 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) true (d) clear
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  16. 16.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) smell (c) shell (d) thing
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Ants Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My Ants (c) Ants My Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My Ants
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Grab (b) Grab Wet Seven (c) Wet Grab Seven (d) Seven Wet Grab
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  22. 22.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, cat, needle? (a) Wise Cook Nine (b) Nine Cook Wise (c) Cook Nine Wise (d) Cook Wise Nine
  24. 24.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) sing (c) string (d) lock
  26. 26.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 418080264587. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4180 8022 64587 (b) 4180 8026 4587 (c) 4180 8026 4857 (d) 4108 0264 587
  29. 29.🔤 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
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Sing Rani (b) Sing Lazy Funny Rani (c) Rani Sing Lazy Funny (d) Sing Rani Lazy Funny
  31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for fan, umbrella, wallet, anchor is “Frogs ___ Wins Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Dad (c) Under (d) Vines
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 4317227174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 431 722 71744 (b) 431 727 174 (c) 341 722 7174 (d) 431 722 7174
  33. 33.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
  34. 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) one (b) sock (c) kite (d) bake
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, cat, igloo, umpire, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUICK (b) KCIUT (c) CKIUT (d) CIUTK
  36. 36.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
  37. 37.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) Antarctica (d) Europe
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, sock, pencil? (a) Silly Play Cats (b) Silly Cats Play (c) Play Silly Cats (d) Cats Silly Play
  39. 39.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) has no pattern
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, onion, pencil? (a) Old Pink Ants (b) Pink Old Ants (c) Old Ants Pink (d) Ants Old Pink

Answer key

  1. January
  2. 321 440 1012
  3. ECPC
  4. the letters make no word
  5. 04/08/1966
  6. a list in a fixed order
  7. Neat Every Sing Wise
  8. what each letter means
  9. free
  10. False
  11. Wet
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. 5
  14. true
  15. JFMA
  16. west
  17. thing
  18. in the same order
  19. Jolly Frogs My Ants
  20. Seven Wet Grab
  21. an acronym
  22. True
  23. Wise Cook Nine
  24. True
  25. lock
  26. 19 and 47
  27. sun
  28. 4180 8026 4587
  29. VIBGYOR
  30. Rani Sing Lazy Funny
  31. Under
  32. 431 722 7174
  33. a beat or a tune
  34. kite
  35. KCIUT
  36. initials match the list
  37. South America
  38. Cats Silly Play
  39. means something to you
  40. Ants Old Pink

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