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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 234 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play ___ Ice Seven Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Uncle (c) Bakes (d) All
  5. 5.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink All Every (b) Lazy Every Pink All (c) Every Lazy Pink All (d) All Pink Lazy Every
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) fast (d) twice
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Seven ___ Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Every (c) Lions (d) Fly
  13. 13.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
  14. 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) planet (c) world (d) star
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4070157019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 701 57019 (b) 407 157 019 (c) 407 051 7019 (d) 407 015 7019
  16. 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) bite (b) shell (c) tea (d) bun
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Funny ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Rani (c) Fly (d) Mum
  18. 18.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, needle, ice cream, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NIOD (b) NDIO (c) OIND (d) DNIO
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  21. 21.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📅 The digits 13061956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/06/1956 (b) 13/0619/56 (c) 130/619/56 (d) 1306/19/56
  23. 23.📅 The digits 10012007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0120/07 (b) 100/120/07 (c) 1001/20/07 (d) 10/01/2007
  24. 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
  25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 548566783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 548 566 78 (b) 548 566 783 (c) 548 566 7883 (d) 548 656 783
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 877139025107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8771 1390 25107 (b) 7871 3902 5107 (c) 8713 9025 107 (d) 8771 3902 5107
  28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) knock (b) rake (c) bite (d) ton
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, ball, tomato, lemon, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLTBW (b) BTLKW (c) BWTLK (d) WBTLK
  30. 30.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) never say it
  31. 31.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  32. 32.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  33. 33.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, banana, anchor? (a) Bakes Old All (b) Old Bakes All (c) All Bakes Old (d) Bakes All Old
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, orange, doll? (a) Goats Owls Dance (b) Owls Dance Goats (c) Dance Owls Goats (d) Owls Goats Dance
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  37. 37.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Eight (b) Cats Eight Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cats Eight (d) Eight Cats Play Cook
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF

Answer key

  1. a rhyme
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. a silly, funny one
  4. All
  5. initials match the list
  6. Every Lazy Pink All
  7. in the same order
  8. king
  9. more
  10. a first-letter sentence
  11. an acronym
  12. Lions
  13. 19 and 47
  14. one
  15. 407 015 7019
  16. bun
  17. Mum
  18. first letters as a word
  19. DNIO
  20. what each letter means
  21. True
  22. 13/06/1956
  23. 10/01/2007
  24. true
  25. an acronym
  26. 548 566 783
  27. 8771 3902 5107
  28. bite
  29. WBTLK
  30. say it aloud often
  31. Southern
  32. north
  33. splitting into groups
  34. Old Bakes All
  35. Goats Owls Dance
  36. MVEMJSUN
  37. one word holds a list
  38. chunking
  39. Eight Cats Play Cook
  40. RSLF

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