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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 236 · 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: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) indigo (c) red (d) green
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, fan, monkey? (a) Frogs Old My (b) Old Frogs My (c) Frogs My Old (d) My Frogs Old
  4. 4.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) is very long
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Seven ___ Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Love (b) Pigs (c) Wet (d) Tea
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9315223839. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 913 522 3839 (b) 931 522 23839 (c) 915 223 839 (d) 931 522 3839
  8. 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
  9. 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) free (c) wing (d) sea
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) bell (d) cake
  12. 12.📅 The digits 22111988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 221/119/88 (b) 2211/19/88 (c) 22/11/1988 (d) 22/1119/88
  13. 13.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) clock (d) cake
  19. 19.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 203953227685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2039 5322 7685 (b) 2039 5327 2685 (c) 2039 5322 685 (d) 2039 5322 76685
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 348739078. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 348 730 78 (b) 334 873 9078 (c) 347 839 078 (d) 348 739 078
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty Neat ___ All Eight Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Only (c) Sing (d) Eight
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, van, jug? (a) Cats Vans Jolly (b) Vans Jolly Cats (c) Vans Cats Jolly (d) Jolly Vans Cats
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Frogs Jeeps (b) Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty (c) Frogs Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps Mice Aunty
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cook (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Pink Cook Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pink Cook
  31. 31.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) March (d) April
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 3196166354. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 319 616 6345 (b) 319 616 6354 (c) 319 616 635 (d) 319 961 66354
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  35. 35.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  36. 36.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a type of exam
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Love Play Ants (b) Love Play Ants Every (c) Love Every Play Ants (d) Ants Play Love Every
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, jalebi, mirror, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PMJD (b) JMPD (c) DJMP (d) JDMP
  39. 39.📅 The digits 02092017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0920/17 (b) 020/920/17 (c) 0209/20/17 (d) 02/09/2017
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, monkey, rope? (a) My Seven Runs (b) My Runs Seven (c) Runs My Seven (d) Seven My Runs

Answer key

  1. a rhyme
  2. green
  3. Old Frogs My
  4. means something to you
  5. Love
  6. PAISA
  7. 931 522 3839
  8. done
  9. a first-letter sentence
  10. wing
  11. night
  12. 22/11/1988
  13. 3
  14. ELPA
  15. RSLF
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. a rhyme
  18. cake
  19. True
  20. stem
  21. a silly, funny one
  22. one word holds a list
  23. MVEMJSUN
  24. 2039 5322 7685
  25. 348 739 078
  26. Sing
  27. Cats Vans Jolly
  28. SWG
  29. Jeeps Frogs Mice Aunty
  30. Eat Crazy Pink Cook
  31. March
  32. Uranus
  33. 319 616 6354
  34. JFMA
  35. 3
  36. a memory trick
  37. Every Love Play Ants
  38. DJMP
  39. 02/09/2017
  40. Seven My Runs

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