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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 22 · 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 steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) north (c) south (d) east
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) steps (d) songs
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Pink All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) My (c) Old (d) Eight
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, wallet, goat, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DGWB (b) WBGD (c) WGDB (d) BWGD
  6. 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) stem (d) root
  7. 7.✏️ 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
  8. 8.🧰 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
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  10. 10.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
  11. 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Eat Neat (b) Eat Neat Silly Wins (c) Eat Silly Wins Neat (d) Neat Eat Silly Wins
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 907769080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 907 790 80 (b) 907 769 080 (c) 907 769 800 (d) 900 776 9080
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Silly Wins Green (b) Wins Silly Green (c) Green Wins Silly (d) Wins Green Silly
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, guava, vase? (a) Grab Vines Only (b) Only Grab Vines (c) Vines Grab Only (d) Grab Only Vines
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All Aunty Nani Sing Aunty ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Dance (c) Uncle (d) Eight
  17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  19. 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, igloo, flute, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IUFA (b) AFIU (c) UIFA (d) IFAU
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) sea (c) tea (d) thing
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 804456987882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8044 5697 882 (b) 8044 5698 7882 (c) 8044 5698 78822 (d) 8045 4698 7882
  23. 23.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  24. 24.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) tree (d) rain
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  26. 26.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 3859931118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 993 1181 (b) 385 993 11118 (c) 385 993 1118 (d) 389 931 118
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wet Seven (b) Wet Goats Seven (c) Wet Seven Goats (d) Seven Wet Goats
  29. 29.📅 The digits 19041988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/419/88 (b) 19/04/1988 (c) 1904/19/88 (d) 19/0419/88
  30. 30.True or false: “well” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tomato, orange, nest, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TONSP (b) PTONS (c) SNOTP (d) TPONS
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps Frogs My ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Funny (c) Every (d) Aunty
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Love Every (b) Love Play Aunty Every (c) Love Every Play Aunty (d) Every Love Play Aunty
  36. 36.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
  39. 39.📅 The digits 24101994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 241/019/94 (b) 2410/19/94 (c) 24/10/1994 (d) 24/1019/94
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 654159127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 654 159 1277 (b) 654 159 127 (c) 654 151 927 (d) 651 591 27

Answer key

  1. ECPC
  2. west
  3. tricks
  4. Eight
  5. BWGD
  6. flower
  7. a silly, funny one
  8. an acronym
  9. AANSAEA
  10. 19 and 47
  11. the letters make no word
  12. Neat Eat Silly Wins
  13. 907 769 080
  14. Silly Wins Green
  15. Only Grab Vines
  16. Eight
  17. False
  18. first letters as a word
  19. true
  20. UIFA
  21. thing
  22. 8044 5698 7882
  23. 8
  24. rain
  25. MVEMJSUN
  26. False
  27. 385 993 1118
  28. Seven Wet Goats
  29. 19/04/1988
  30. False
  31. Pacific
  32. PTONS
  33. NESW
  34. Aunty
  35. Every Love Play Aunty
  36. True
  37. True
  38. three chunks, not ten
  39. 24/10/1994
  40. 654 159 127

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