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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 260 · 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.📅 The digits 16011973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0119/73 (b) 1601/19/73 (c) 160/119/73 (d) 16/01/1973
  2. 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) snake (c) make (d) lake
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) yellow
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, jalebi, igloo? (a) Jolly Funny Ice (b) Funny Jolly Ice (c) Jolly Ice Funny (d) Ice Jolly Funny
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eight Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Mum (c) Wins (d) Lazy
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  9. 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Seven (b) Grab Wise Seven (c) Seven Wise Grab (d) Wise Seven Grab
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, fan, ball, lemon is “Ice Frogs ___ Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Ice (c) Fly (d) Big
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, candle, flute, ant, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRFAG (b) RCFAG (c) GAFCR (d) CFAGR
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, radio, shoe, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JRSD (b) DSRJ (c) RSDJ (d) RJSD
  14. 14.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, drum, tiger, umbrella, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCTUB (b) BUTDC (c) DTUBC (d) CDTUB
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Nine (b) Nine Eight Silly Wise (c) Eight Nine Silly Wise (d) Eight Silly Wise Nine
  17. 17.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  21. 21.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  23. 23.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
  24. 24.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, rose, kettle? (a) Rani Ink Kites (b) Rani Kites Ink (c) Ink Rani Kites (d) Kites Rani Ink
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, frog, igloo, kite, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DFIKP (b) PKIFD (c) FIKPD (d) FDIKP
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 413064613875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4130 6461 3875 (b) 4130 6461 375 (c) 4103 6461 3875 (d) 4130 6461 38875
  28. 28.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Nani (b) Nani Eight Sing Wise (c) Eight Sing Wise Nani (d) Eight Nani Sing Wise
  30. 30.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  32. 32.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
  33. 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) snake (b) string (c) knock (d) fight
  34. 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) one (b) won (c) block (d) light
  35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) key (c) shake (d) train
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, parrot, tent, whistle is “Owls Pink Tiny ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Funny (c) Uncle (d) Wet
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Pink All (b) Lazy Eat Pink All (c) Lazy Pink All Eat (d) All Pink Lazy Eat
  38. 38.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 150998020704. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1509 9802 0074 (b) 1509 9880 20704 (c) 1509 9802 0704 (d) 1509 9802 704
  40. 40.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn

Answer key

  1. 16/01/1973
  2. numbers and letter lists
  3. train
  4. yellow
  5. Funny Jolly Ice
  6. Wins
  7. in the same order
  8. a rhyme
  9. initials match the list
  10. Seven Wise Grab
  11. Big
  12. RCFAG
  13. JRSD
  14. chunking
  15. CDTUB
  16. Nine Eight Silly Wise
  17. True
  18. True
  19. False
  20. what each letter means
  21. False
  22. splitting into groups
  23. the letters make no word
  24. 2
  25. Ink Rani Kites
  26. DFIKP
  27. 4130 6461 3875
  28. the rainbow colours
  29. Nani Eight Sing Wise
  30. True
  31. chunking
  32. sound patterns stick
  33. string
  34. block
  35. shake
  36. Wet
  37. Eat Lazy Pink All
  38. a beat or a tune
  39. 1509 9802 0704
  40. Saturn

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