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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 2 · 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 rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) tea (b) light (c) knock (d) wing
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
  4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Every Nani (c) Nani Every Sing Wise (d) Every Sing Wise Nani
  7. 7.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  8. 8.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  10. 10.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
  11. 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) done (c) learnt (d) over
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, vase, candle, spoon, pencil is “Bakes Very Cook ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Frogs (c) Wise (d) Lions
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat Crazy ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Pigs (c) Yum (d) Dad
  14. 14.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, net, watch, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TNWC (b) NWCT (c) NTWC (d) CWNT
  16. 16.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) king (d) night
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 270190116116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2270 1901 16116 (b) 2701 9011 6116 (c) 2701 9016 1116 (d) 7019 0116 116
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Funny Jeeps
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) clock (d) rain
  21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  22. 22.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) king
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pink Cook (b) Cats Pink Cook Eat (c) Eat Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Eat
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Asia
  26. 26.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  27. 27.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  28. 28.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  29. 29.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) tree (d) bell
  31. 31.📅 The digits 07101982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0710/19/82 (b) 071/019/82 (c) 07/10/1982 (d) 07/1019/82
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, onion, bucket, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DOBK (b) KBOD (c) OBKD (d) ODBK
  33. 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) February (b) March (c) April (d) January
  34. 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) bell (d) cake
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, urn, pillow? (a) Nine Up Play (b) Play Up Nine (c) Up Play Nine (d) Up Nine Play
  37. 37.True or false: “run” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ink Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) All (c) Jolly (d) Very
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, tiger, mirror, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TVMF (b) TMFV (c) VTMF (d) FMTV

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. tea
  3. cake
  4. 4
  5. egg
  6. Nani Every Sing Wise
  7. saffron
  8. True
  9. a memory trick
  10. means something to you
  11. done
  12. Seven
  13. Pigs
  14. initials match the list
  15. TNWC
  16. True
  17. tree
  18. 2701 9011 6116
  19. Jeeps Funny My Aunty
  20. sun
  21. first letters as a word
  22. February
  23. king
  24. Eat Cats Pink Cook
  25. Antarctica
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 4
  29. the letters make no word
  30. bell
  31. 07/10/1982
  32. DOBK
  33. January
  34. east
  35. tree
  36. Nine Up Play
  37. False
  38. in the same order
  39. All
  40. VTMF

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