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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 248 · 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: pencil, tiger, doll, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WDTP (b) TPDW (c) PTDW (d) TDWP
  2. 2.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  3. 3.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  4. 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) well (b) make (c) bite (d) lane
  5. 5.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
  6. 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) learnt (c) ended (d) done
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Grab (b) Wet Grab Sing (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Sing
  8. 8.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
  10. 10.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  11. 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) again (d) more
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, goat, fan, tomato, candle is “Kind Grab Frogs Toys ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Red (c) Pigs (d) Crazy
  14. 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) long (c) cold (d) free
  15. 15.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) run (c) fun (d) ton
  17. 17.📅 The digits 13081954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1308/19/54 (b) 130/819/54 (c) 13/0819/54 (d) 13/08/1954
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, drum, banana? (a) Big Dance Play (b) Play Dance Big (c) Dance Big Play (d) Dance Play Big
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  20. 20.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, flute, onion? (a) Kind Fly Only (b) Fly Kind Only (c) Only Fly Kind (d) Fly Only Kind
  22. 22.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) light (c) thing (d) swing
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) North America (b) South America (c) Australia (d) Antarctica
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, igloo, guava? (a) Ice Grab Owls (b) Grab Ice Owls (c) Ice Owls Grab (d) Owls Ice Grab
  27. 27.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) change it each day
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) rain (d) bell
  29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) say (d) know
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) cane (b) snake (c) ton (d) shell
  32. 32.📅 The digits 27021973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/0219/73 (b) 270/219/73 (c) 27/02/1973 (d) 2702/19/73
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  34. 34.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  35. 35.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 349406571929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4940 6571 929 (b) 3494 6057 1929 (c) 3494 0065 71929 (d) 3494 0657 1929
  37. 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, lemon, watch, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LWFI (b) ILWF (c) LIWF (d) FWLI
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) blue (b) indigo (c) red (d) violet
  40. 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the planets

Answer key

  1. PTDW
  2. north
  3. a rhyme
  4. bite
  5. 19 and 47
  6. done
  7. Sing Wet Grab
  8. 2
  9. NESW
  10. stem
  11. first letters as a word
  12. more
  13. Crazy
  14. free
  15. True
  16. string
  17. 13/08/1954
  18. Play Dance Big
  19. one word holds a list
  20. False
  21. Kind Fly Only
  22. three chunks, not ten
  23. light
  24. in the same order
  25. North America
  26. Owls Ice Grab
  27. say it aloud often
  28. clock
  29. know
  30. an acronym
  31. snake
  32. 27/02/1973
  33. an acronym
  34. 5
  35. True
  36. 3494 0657 1929
  37. a list in a fixed order
  38. ILWF
  39. indigo
  40. the rainbow colours

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