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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 276 · 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: “main” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  3. 3.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) is very long (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
  4. 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) one (c) run (d) done
  6. 6.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) Australia
  7. 7.🔤 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) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  8. 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) know (c) say (d) learn
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) sell (c) shell (d) main
  10. 10.📅 The digits 26032003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/320/03 (b) 2603/20/03 (c) 26/0320/03 (d) 26/03/2003
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  12. 12.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  13. 13.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Silly Goats (b) Silly Wins Goats (c) Wins Goats Silly (d) Goats Wins Silly
  15. 15.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) Asia (d) Europe
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, fan, duck? (a) Funny Kind Dad (b) Dad Funny Kind (c) Funny Dad Kind (d) Kind Funny Dad
  18. 18.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 144821822387. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1448 2182 2387 (b) 1448 2118 22387 (c) 1448 2182 3287 (d) 4482 1822 387
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, glass, umbrella? (a) Green Under Runs (b) Green Runs Under (c) Runs Green Under (d) Under Green Runs
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, mango, guava, ant, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGAFB (b) FAGMB (c) MBGAF (d) BMGAF
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red Silly Lazy ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Funny (c) Ink (d) Kids
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Lions Play All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Eat (c) Under (d) Cook
  24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
  25. 25.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  26. 26.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, parrot, onion? (a) Play Funny Only (b) Play Only Funny (c) Funny Play Only (d) Only Play Funny
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, ladder, parrot, radio is “Tiny Love Play ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Red (c) Every (d) Green
  29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, mango, tent, candle, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPTCW (b) MTCWP (c) PMTCW (d) WCTMP
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) night (d) tree
  32. 32.📅 The digits 07021964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/0219/64 (b) 0702/19/64 (c) 07/02/1964 (d) 070/219/64
  33. 33.True or false: “free” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) one (d) world
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 142265292934. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1422 6529 2943 (b) 1422 6529 2934 (c) 1422 6529 294 (d) 1422 6652 92934
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) done (c) sell (d) well
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Green (b) Green Wet Sing (c) Wet Green Sing (d) Wet Sing Green
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, drum, key? (a) Dad Cook Kids (b) Kids Dad Cook (c) Dad Kids Cook (d) Cook Dad Kids
  39. 39.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Australia
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 5
  3. means something to you
  4. 2
  5. knee
  6. Australia
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. know
  9. main
  10. 26/03/2003
  11. JFMA
  12. one word holds a list
  13. splitting into groups
  14. Silly Wins Goats
  15. True
  16. Europe
  17. Kind Funny Dad
  18. initials match the list
  19. 1448 2182 2387
  20. Runs Green Under
  21. BMGAF
  22. Funny
  23. Eat
  24. a first-letter sentence
  25. 8
  26. False
  27. Funny Play Only
  28. Red
  29. first letters as a word
  30. PMTCW
  31. tree
  32. 07/02/1964
  33. False
  34. one
  35. 1422 6529 2934
  36. done
  37. Sing Wet Green
  38. Cook Dad Kids
  39. South America
  40. egg

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