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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 21 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  3. 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 914641884068. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9146 4188 40668 (b) 9416 4188 4068 (c) 9464 1884 068 (d) 9146 4188 4068
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, umpire, jalebi, rose is “Play Under ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Sing (c) Pink (d) Jolly
  7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
  8. 8.📅 The digits 03011951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0301/19/51 (b) 03/01/1951 (c) 03/0119/51 (d) 030/119/51
  9. 9.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, orange, drum? (a) Owls Dad Rani (b) Owls Rani Dad (c) Dad Owls Rani (d) Rani Owls Dad
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) planet (c) star (d) one
  13. 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) say (d) learn
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, umpire, shoe? (a) Inside Up Seven (b) Up Inside Seven (c) Up Seven Inside (d) Seven Up Inside
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, inkpot, flute, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFIA (b) IFTA (c) IAFT (d) AIFT
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) thing (c) sing (d) swing
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, igloo, mirror, key, rope is “Wet Ice ___ Kind Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Wins (c) My (d) Vines
  18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
  20. 20.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
  21. 21.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📅 The digits 09011958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/01/1958 (b) 0901/19/58 (c) 09/0119/58 (d) 090/119/58
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  24. 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) long (d) free
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My All (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) All My Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My All
  26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, cat, whistle, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JWCU (b) CWJU (c) UCWJ (d) CUWJ
  28. 28.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) ended (c) done (d) learnt
  30. 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
  31. 31.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) cane (c) train (d) bright
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) plane (b) rake (c) block (d) three
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Every Cats Pink Crazy (c) Cats Every Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cats Every
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) free (c) plane (d) tea
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Wise (c) Kids (d) Dad
  40. 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) lake (c) wake (d) snake

Answer key

  1. RSLF
  2. red
  3. 19 and 47
  4. 9146 4188 4068
  5. ELPA
  6. Jolly
  7. green
  8. 03/01/1951
  9. numbers and letter lists
  10. Rani Owls Dad
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. one
  13. know
  14. Inside Up Seven
  15. AIFT
  16. sell
  17. My
  18. a memory trick
  19. VIBGYOR
  20. a rhyme
  21. True
  22. 09/01/1958
  23. an acronym
  24. free
  25. Jolly Funny My All
  26. a rhyme
  27. UCWJ
  28. True
  29. done
  30. an acronym
  31. True
  32. the rainbow colours
  33. bright
  34. king
  35. flower
  36. three
  37. Every Cats Pink Crazy
  38. plane
  39. Grab
  40. rock

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