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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 272 · 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: “string” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) rain (d) cake
  3. 3.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 7145912245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 459 12245 (b) 714 591 2425 (c) 714 912 245 (d) 714 591 2245
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  6. 6.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) true (d) known
  7. 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) red
  8. 8.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
  10. 10.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, frog, goat? (a) Frogs Vines Green (b) Frogs Green Vines (c) Green Frogs Vines (d) Vines Frogs Green
  13. 13.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Europe
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, bucket, kite? (a) Kind Bakes Crazy (b) Bakes Crazy Kind (c) Bakes Kind Crazy (d) Crazy Bakes Kind
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) February (d) January
  18. 18.📅 The digits 22042023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/420/23 (b) 22/0420/23 (c) 22/04/2023 (d) 2204/20/23
  19. 19.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📅 The digits 15102015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/020/15 (b) 15/1020/15 (c) 15/10/2015 (d) 1510/20/15
  21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 161881853497. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1618 8158 3497 (b) 1618 8118 53497 (c) 1618 8185 3497 (d) 6188 1853 497
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 566184394. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 566 183 494 (b) 661 843 94 (c) 566 184 3994 (d) 566 184 394
  25. 25.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, ant, tiger, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATIC (b) ITAC (c) ACTI (d) CATI
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Every (b) Lazy Play Aunty Every (c) Lazy Every Play Aunty (d) Every Lazy Play Aunty
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside Big Green ___ Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Eat (c) Grab (d) Yum
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, cat, vase, spoon is “Aunty Crazy Very ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Runs (c) All (d) Silly
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, drum, needle? (a) Dogs Tiny Nine (b) Nine Dogs Tiny (c) Dogs Nine Tiny (d) Tiny Dogs Nine
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) rock (b) fun (c) cane (d) free
  33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  34. 34.True or false: “spell” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) clock
  37. 37.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  40. 40.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?

Answer key

  1. False
  2. sun
  3. True
  4. 714 591 2245
  5. MVEMJSUN
  6. true
  7. orange
  8. False
  9. the letters make no word
  10. False
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. Vines Frogs Green
  13. True
  14. an acronym
  15. North America
  16. Crazy Bakes Kind
  17. January
  18. 22/04/2023
  19. True
  20. 15/10/2015
  21. one word holds a list
  22. an acronym
  23. 1618 8185 3497
  24. 566 184 394
  25. True
  26. CATI
  27. Every Lazy Play Aunty
  28. Yum
  29. Silly
  30. Tiny Dogs Nine
  31. JFMA
  32. free
  33. a list in a fixed order
  34. False
  35. chunking
  36. clock
  37. initials match the list
  38. in the same order
  39. Saturn
  40. 5

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