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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 227 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 601579481. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 610 579 481 (b) 601 574 81 (c) 601 579 481 (d) 601 157 9481
  2. 2.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) learnt (d) done
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) main (c) train (d) cane
  7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Africa
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) night
  9. 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, ant, net, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ANUG (b) AGNU (c) GANU (d) UNAG
  11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 368625369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 253 69 (b) 368 652 369 (c) 368 625 369 (d) 368 625 3699
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ladder, kite, frog? (a) Kids Love Funny (b) Love Kids Funny (c) Kids Funny Love (d) Funny Kids Love
  14. 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Runs (b) Sing Runs Lions Funny (c) Runs Sing Lions Funny (d) Funny Lions Sing Runs
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 156092319340. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1560 9231 3940 (b) 1560 9319 340 (c) 1560 9231 9340 (d) 1156 0923 19340
  17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every Crazy ___ Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Nani (c) Tea (d) Pink
  19. 19.📅 The digits 03032012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/03/2012 (b) 030/320/12 (c) 0303/20/12 (d) 03/0320/12
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, guava, inkpot? (a) Grab Vines Ice (b) Grab Ice Vines (c) Ice Grab Vines (d) Vines Grab Ice
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs My All (c) Frogs Jolly My All (d) All My Frogs Jolly
  22. 22.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, onion, violin? (a) Owls Play Vines (b) Play Owls Vines (c) Vines Owls Play (d) Owls Vines Play
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) bun (c) ton (d) shake
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) ELPA (d) LEPA
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) rain (d) night
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) clock (d) king
  30. 30.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 240436337. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 436 6337 (b) 240 436 337 (c) 244 036 337 (d) 240 436 37
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, apple, jeep? (a) Jeeps All Old (b) Old All Jeeps (c) All Jeeps Old (d) All Old Jeeps
  33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, lemon, urn, apple, tiger is “___ Lions Up All Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Jeeps (c) Lions (d) Wins
  34. 34.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
  35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) lake (b) well (c) brain (d) one
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) leaf (d) flower
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) clock
  38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) clear (d) true
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one

Answer key

  1. 601 579 481
  2. True
  3. True
  4. done
  5. first letters as a word
  6. spell
  7. Africa
  8. tree
  9. initials match the list
  10. GANU
  11. one word holds a list
  12. 368 625 369
  13. Love Kids Funny
  14. the letters make no word
  15. Runs Sing Lions Funny
  16. 1560 9231 9340
  17. 8
  18. Pink
  19. 03/03/2012
  20. Vines Grab Ice
  21. Jolly Frogs My All
  22. 5
  23. Play Owls Vines
  24. root
  25. shake
  26. ELPA
  27. a first-letter sentence
  28. rain
  29. rain
  30. splitting into groups
  31. 240 436 337
  32. Old All Jeeps
  33. Ice
  34. three chunks, not ten
  35. well
  36. leaf
  37. cake
  38. true
  39. MVEMJSUN
  40. a silly, funny one

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