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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 231 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, cat, guava? (a) Cook Silly Goats (b) Cook Goats Silly (c) Silly Cook Goats (d) Goats Cook Silly
  2. 2.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, tiger, nest? (a) Toys Aunty Nani (b) Aunty Toys Nani (c) Nani Toys Aunty (d) Toys Nani Aunty
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) fight (c) kite (d) block
  6. 6.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  7. 7.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
  8. 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  9. 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) light (b) key (c) done (d) swing
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Fly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jump (c) Fly Jump Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jump
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, needle, candle? (a) Neat Up Cook (b) Neat Cook Up (c) Cook Neat Up (d) Up Neat Cook
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) cake (d) clock
  14. 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) one (d) star
  15. 15.📅 The digits 26062007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2606/20/07 (b) 26/0620/07 (c) 26/06/2007 (d) 260/620/07
  16. 16.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) night (d) cake
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Ants Neat Silly Ants Every Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Lions (c) Mice (d) Aunty
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Seven Wise Goats (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Goats Wise Seven
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 8597120409. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 859 712 0409 (b) 859 771 20409 (c) 859 710 409 (d) 859 712 0490
  21. 21.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) violet
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 613160685283. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6131 6068 528 (b) 6131 6006 85283 (c) 1631 6068 5283 (d) 6131 6068 5283
  23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, mango, watch, inkpot, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VMWIR (b) RIWMV (c) MWIRV (d) MVWIR
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) make (c) bright (d) lake
  28. 28.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  29. 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
  30. 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
  31. 31.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a type of exam (d) a long book
  32. 32.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) clock (d) tree
  34. 34.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) write (b) main (c) wing (d) bee
  37. 37.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wins Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Play (c) Silly (d) Jolly
  39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February

Answer key

  1. Silly Cook Goats
  2. leaf
  3. a rhyme
  4. Aunty Toys Nani
  5. block
  6. 5
  7. the letters make no word
  8. a first-letter sentence
  9. done
  10. Jump Fly Mum Aunty
  11. Up Neat Cook
  12. NESW
  13. night
  14. one
  15. 26/06/2007
  16. True
  17. king
  18. Aunty
  19. Seven Wise Goats
  20. 859 712 0409
  21. indigo
  22. 6131 6068 5283
  23. what each letter means
  24. stem
  25. VMWIR
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. bright
  28. first letters as a word
  29. 19 and 47
  30. three chunks, not ten
  31. a memory trick
  32. False
  33. tree
  34. 3
  35. JFMA
  36. bee
  37. 3
  38. Silly
  39. a rhyme
  40. March

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