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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 213 · 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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, flute, inkpot, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIKU (b) FUIK (c) KIFU (d) UFIK
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 4951405802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 495 140 5802 (b) 495 140 58022 (c) 495 140 8502 (d) 451 405 802
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, goat, shoe, apple, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSAJB (b) GBSAJ (c) JASGB (d) BGSAJ
  8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “kite” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) sun (d) cake
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 912957183379. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9129 5713 379 (b) 9129 5781 3379 (c) 9129 5718 83379 (d) 9129 5718 3379
  11. 11.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Silly Wet (b) Neat Eat Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Eat Neat (d) Eat Silly Wet Neat
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) sea (c) cane (d) plane
  15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Neat (b) Wins Silly Every Neat (c) Every Neat Silly Wins (d) Neat Every Silly Wins
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) rake (c) wake (d) bun
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) cake (d) king
  19. 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) again (c) more (d) twice
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, wallet, bucket? (a) Funny Wise Big (b) Wise Funny Big (c) Big Wise Funny (d) Wise Big Funny
  21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  22. 22.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
  23. 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) sell (b) smell (c) brain (d) fight
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy (c) Eat Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Eat Pigs Crazy
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) ring (b) key (c) run (d) rock
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, igloo, pencil? (a) Ice Crazy Pink (b) Pink Ice Crazy (c) Ice Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Ice Pink
  29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  30. 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) pupa (d) adult
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) king (d) bell
  33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  34. 34.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they are always true
  35. 35.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, glass, violin, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVNW (b) WGVN (c) GWVN (d) NVGW
  37. 37.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) orange (d) indigo
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 8175882131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 881 758 82131 (b) 875 882 131 (c) 817 588 2113 (d) 817 588 2131
  39. 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) sock (b) knee (c) bright (d) lane
  40. 40.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a silly, funny one
  3. UFIK
  4. PAISA
  5. chunking
  6. 495 140 5802
  7. BGSAJ
  8. 6
  9. night
  10. 9129 5718 3379
  11. True
  12. 2
  13. Neat Eat Silly Wet
  14. sea
  15. True
  16. Neat Every Silly Wins
  17. bun
  18. king
  19. more
  20. Funny Wise Big
  21. what each letter means
  22. 19 and 47
  23. fight
  24. Eat Crazy Pigs Crazy
  25. JFMA
  26. False
  27. ring
  28. Crazy Ice Pink
  29. first letters as a word
  30. larva
  31. ECPC
  32. rain
  33. a list in a fixed order
  34. sound patterns stick
  35. True
  36. WGVN
  37. orange
  38. 817 588 2131
  39. knee
  40. initials match the list

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