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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 191 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  2. 2.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, ladder, net? (a) Lions Ants Nine (b) Nine Lions Ants (c) Ants Lions Nine (d) Lions Nine Ants
  4. 4.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
  5. 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lake (b) shake (c) kite (d) shock
  6. 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) twice (d) more
  7. 7.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) GWS
  9. 9.✏️ 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
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) tell (c) well (d) shell
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) king (d) night
  12. 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  13. 13.📅 The digits 09011975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0119/75 (b) 09/01/1975 (c) 0901/19/75 (d) 090/119/75
  14. 14.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, sock, watch, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SMWK (b) SWKM (c) MSWK (d) KWSM
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 425219511. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 452 219 511 (b) 442 521 9511 (c) 425 219 51 (d) 425 219 511
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Mum (c) Pink (d) Lions
  18. 18.📅 The digits 06021995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0602/19/95 (b) 06/02/1995 (c) 060/219/95 (d) 06/0219/95
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 543822281951. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5438 2282 1951 (b) 5438 2228 1951 (c) 5482 2281 951 (d) 5438 2228 81951
  21. 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  22. 22.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
  23. 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) chain (b) lake (c) done (d) white
  24. 24.📅 The digits 18101953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/1019/53 (b) 1810/19/53 (c) 18/10/1953 (d) 181/019/53
  25. 25.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  26. 26.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty Aunty Nine Sing All ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Nani (c) Eat (d) Dance
  28. 28.📅 The digits 26091983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/919/83 (b) 2609/19/83 (c) 26/0919/83 (d) 26/09/1983
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 817981894. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 798 1894 (b) 817 981 894 (c) 819 818 94 (d) 817 918 894
  30. 30.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) shake (b) three (c) shock (d) write
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ink Seven Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Every (c) Kind (d) Pigs
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 935336903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 363 903 (b) 933 369 03 (c) 935 336 903 (d) 935 533 6903
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Sing Goats (b) Wins Goats Sing (c) Goats Wins Sing (d) Sing Wins Goats
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, onion, jug? (a) Only Jump Funny (b) Funny Only Jump (c) Jump Only Funny (d) Only Funny Jump
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, inkpot, sock, coconut, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KCSIW (b) IWSCK (c) WISCK (d) ISCKW
  37. 37.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  38. 38.📅 The digits 12031970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/319/70 (b) 1203/19/70 (c) 12/0319/70 (d) 12/03/1970
  39. 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sing (b) bun (c) bright (d) smell
  40. 40.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. False
  3. Ants Lions Nine
  4. an acronym
  5. kite
  6. more
  7. False
  8. SWG
  9. a silly, funny one
  10. swing
  11. king
  12. initials match the list
  13. 09/01/1975
  14. splitting into groups
  15. MSWK
  16. 425 219 511
  17. Silly
  18. 06/02/1995
  19. an acronym
  20. 5438 2228 1951
  21. three chunks, not ten
  22. numbers and letter lists
  23. lake
  24. 18/10/1953
  25. means something to you
  26. the letters make no word
  27. Eat
  28. 26/09/1983
  29. 817 981 894
  30. 5
  31. three
  32. Pigs
  33. 935 336 903
  34. Sing Wins Goats
  35. Funny Only Jump
  36. WISCK
  37. 6
  38. 12/03/1970
  39. bright
  40. root

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