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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 256 · 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.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 289485301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 289 453 01 (b) 289 485 301 (c) 289 485 5301 (d) 829 485 301
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) fast (c) cold (d) long
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 842765972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 842 765 72 (b) 824 765 972 (c) 842 765 972 (d) 842 765 9772
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  7. 7.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) bell (d) night
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) sing (c) swing (d) ring
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1436009074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 600 9074 (b) 436 009 074 (c) 114 360 09074 (d) 143 600 9074
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 163539260017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1635 3926 017 (b) 1635 5392 60017 (c) 1635 9326 0017 (d) 1635 3926 0017
  11. 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) tea (b) chain (c) kite (d) bee
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, spoon, tomato, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTSM (b) MSTF (c) SMTF (d) STFM
  13. 13.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  14. 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, fan, tent, pillow, apple. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTPAD (b) FDTPA (c) DFTPA (d) APTFD
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eight Play Cats (b) Cats Play Crazy Eight (c) Eight Crazy Play Cats (d) Crazy Play Cats Eight
  17. 17.📅 The digits 24011986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0119/86 (b) 2401/19/86 (c) 24/01/1986 (d) 240/119/86
  18. 18.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 613706052170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6137 0605 2170 (b) 6137 0605 21170 (c) 6137 0605 2107 (d) 6137 0605 270
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “main” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) king (d) cake
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 840486497. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 840 486 49 (b) 840 486 947 (c) 840 486 4997 (d) 840 486 497
  22. 22.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) flower (d) leaf
  23. 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) ring (b) ton (c) knee (d) shake
  24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 883000161163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8830 0016 1163 (b) 8830 0106 1163 (c) 8830 0016 113 (d) 8883 0001 61163
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) bell
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, bucket, net? (a) Nani Big Dad (b) Dad Big Nani (c) Big Dad Nani (d) Big Nani Dad
  29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Goats (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
  31. 31.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 112006272528. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1120 0627 5228 (b) 1120 0627 25528 (c) 1120 0627 258 (d) 1120 0627 2528
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eat Mum ___ Seven Under Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Jeeps (c) Runs (d) My
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, whistle, umbrella? (a) Wins Ice Up (b) Ice Wins Up (c) Up Wins Ice (d) Wins Up Ice
  37. 37.📅 The digits 10041961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 100/419/61 (b) 10/0419/61 (c) 10/04/1961 (d) 1004/19/61
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) tree (c) cake (d) sun
  39. 39.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 289 485 301
  3. free
  4. in the same order
  5. 842 765 972
  6. a first-letter sentence
  7. night
  8. snake
  9. 143 600 9074
  10. 1635 3926 0017
  11. kite
  12. MSTF
  13. 19 and 47
  14. numbers and letter lists
  15. DFTPA
  16. Eight Crazy Play Cats
  17. 24/01/1986
  18. the letters make no word
  19. 6137 0605 2170
  20. rain
  21. 840 486 497
  22. root
  23. knee
  24. 5
  25. 8830 0016 1163
  26. sun
  27. 7
  28. Dad Big Nani
  29. one word holds a list
  30. Sing Wise Goats
  31. True
  32. an acronym
  33. 1120 0627 2528
  34. Jeeps
  35. ECPC
  36. Ice Wins Up
  37. 10/04/1961
  38. tree
  39. 8
  40. ELPA

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