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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 280 · 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.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) ton (b) make (c) tea (d) light
  2. 2.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
  3. 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  6. 6.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  7. 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
  8. 8.📅 The digits 13082011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1308/20/11 (b) 130/820/11 (c) 13/0820/11 (d) 13/08/2011
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, rope, violin, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RVAC (b) RCVA (c) AVRC (d) CRVA
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 525261828. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 552 261 828 (b) 525 261 828 (c) 525 266 1828 (d) 252 618 28
  11. 11.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  12. 12.📅 The digits 03022000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/220/00 (b) 03/0220/00 (c) 03/02/2000 (d) 0302/20/00
  13. 13.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) clock (d) cake
  15. 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, apple, igloo? (a) All Tiny Inside (b) All Inside Tiny (c) Tiny All Inside (d) Inside All Tiny
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, urn, frog? (a) Frogs Under Green (b) Under Green Frogs (c) Green Under Frogs (d) Under Frogs Green
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Play Crazy (b) Cook Eat Play Crazy (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Play Cook Eat
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 713529224. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 713 529 24 (b) 713 529 224 (c) 713 522 9224 (d) 713 259 224
  22. 22.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  23. 23.📅 The digits 05121968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/219/68 (b) 0512/19/68 (c) 05/1219/68 (d) 05/12/1968
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, jeep, apple, rose, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GJARI (b) IRAJG (c) JGARI (d) JARIG
  25. 25.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) learn (c) know (d) write
  27. 27.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  29. 29.True or false: “well” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, kite, goat, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OGKV (b) KGOV (c) VKGO (d) KVGO
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, kite, ball, mirror, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMBKJ (b) JKBML (c) KBMLJ (d) KJBML
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9775751109. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 977 577 51109 (b) 977 575 1109 (c) 977 751 109 (d) 797 575 1109
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) tree (d) rain
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly ___ Mum All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Pigs (c) Big (d) Very
  35. 35.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 941758080. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 941 758 00 (b) 941 758 080 (c) 914 758 080 (d) 941 775 8080
  37. 37.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) knock (c) shock (d) lock
  39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture

Answer key

  1. tea
  2. sound patterns stick
  3. False
  4. free
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. west
  7. initials match the list
  8. 13/08/2011
  9. CRVA
  10. 525 261 828
  11. 7
  12. 03/02/2000
  13. numbers and letter lists
  14. king
  15. splitting into groups
  16. in the same order
  17. Tiny All Inside
  18. a silly, funny one
  19. Green Under Frogs
  20. Eat Cook Play Crazy
  21. 713 529 224
  22. the letters make no word
  23. 05/12/1968
  24. GJARI
  25. True
  26. know
  27. one word holds a list
  28. a rhyme
  29. False
  30. VKGO
  31. JKBML
  32. 977 575 1109
  33. rain
  34. Fly
  35. 4
  36. 941 758 080
  37. a rhyme
  38. bright
  39. False
  40. a list in a fixed order

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