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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 228 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, rose, spoon, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RTSC (b) CSRT (c) RSCT (d) TRSC
  2. 2.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) is very long
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play Aunty Inside ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Seven (c) Bakes (d) Owls
  4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) more (c) again (d) fast
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) ASIAP
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) rock (c) three (d) sock
  7. 7.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) star (c) one (d) world
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) king (d) bell
  11. 11.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  12. 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) sock (c) lock (d) knock
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, apple, jeep? (a) All Seven Jolly (b) Seven All Jolly (c) Jolly All Seven (d) All Jolly Seven
  14. 14.📅 The digits 12112011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 121/120/11 (b) 12/1120/11 (c) 1211/20/11 (d) 12/11/2011
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  17. 17.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
  19. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) tree (d) bell
  21. 21.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, net, kite, van is “___ Nine Kids Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Very (c) Wins (d) Aunty
  23. 23.🧰 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
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, orange, inkpot, rose is “Uncle Old Ink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Old (c) Toys (d) Rani
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  26. 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, anchor, wallet, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UAWL (b) AWLU (c) LWAU (d) AUWL
  28. 28.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
  29. 29.📅 The digits 12041983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/04/1983 (b) 120/419/83 (c) 12/0419/83 (d) 1204/19/83
  30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) night (d) clock
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3599797807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 359 799 7807 (b) 359 979 7807 (c) 359 979 780 (d) 335 997 97807
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5411582117. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 541 158 2117 (b) 541 158 217 (c) 541 158 1217 (d) 541 158 21177
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 751185891. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 751 858 91 (b) 751 185 5891 (c) 751 185 891 (d) 751 185 981
  36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) evaporation
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 832244668656. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8322 4466 8656 (b) 8324 4668 656 (c) 8322 4466 88656 (d) 3822 4466 8656
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 122379215448. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1223 9721 5448 (b) 1223 7921 544 (c) 1223 7921 54488 (d) 1223 7921 5448
  39. 39.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 864179426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 864 179 426 (b) 864 719 426 (c) 864 179 46 (d) 886 417 9426

Answer key

  1. TRSC
  2. means something to you
  3. Seven
  4. more
  5. PAISA
  6. three
  7. True
  8. an acronym
  9. one
  10. bell
  11. Atlantic
  12. shell
  13. Seven All Jolly
  14. 12/11/2011
  15. in the same order
  16. one word holds a list
  17. False
  18. the letters make no word
  19. the rainbow colours
  20. night
  21. True
  22. Aunty
  23. chunking
  24. Rani
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. condensation
  27. UAWL
  28. splitting into groups
  29. 12/04/1983
  30. 6
  31. red
  32. night
  33. 359 979 7807
  34. 541 158 2117
  35. 751 185 891
  36. collection
  37. 8322 4466 8656
  38. 1223 7921 5448
  39. an acronym
  40. 864 179 426

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