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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 281 · 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: “swing” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📅 The digits 25101988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/10/1988 (b) 2510/19/88 (c) 251/019/88 (d) 25/1019/88
  3. 3.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
  4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pink (b) Cook Pink Cook Eight (c) Eight Cook Pink Cook (d) Cook Eight Pink Cook
  7. 7.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, bucket, tomato, anchor, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBTAV (b) BLTAV (c) BTAVL (d) VATBL
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) sun (d) bell
  11. 11.📅 The digits 09051959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/05/1959 (b) 09/0519/59 (c) 090/519/59 (d) 0905/19/59
  12. 12.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) a beat or a tune
  13. 13.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  15. 15.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, apple, rose, van is “Old ___ Runs Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Up (c) All (d) Big
  18. 18.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  20. 20.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, ball, monkey, owl is “___ Big Mum Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) All (c) Fly (d) Bakes
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) bell (d) night
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, sock, goat? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Sing Goats (c) Goats Sing Wet (d) Sing Goats Wet
  24. 24.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, parrot, owl? (a) Play Cats Owls (b) Owls Play Cats (c) Cats Play Owls (d) Play Owls Cats
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4117240394. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 441 172 40394 (b) 411 724 0394 (c) 417 240 394 (d) 141 724 0394
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lazy Every (c) Lazy Pink Aunty Every (d) Every Lazy Pink Aunty
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
  31. 31.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) South America
  32. 32.True or false: “string” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “main” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  36. 36.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 378250121811. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7382 5012 1811 (b) 3782 5012 181 (c) 3782 5012 18811 (d) 3782 5012 1811
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, violin, mirror, bucket, jug is “Pigs Vans Mice Bakes ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Jolly (c) Silly (d) Eat
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, duck, umpire, jeep, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VJUDB (b) BDUJV (c) DUJVB (d) DBUJV
  40. 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 25/10/1988
  3. splitting into groups
  4. a list in a fixed order
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. Eight Cook Pink Cook
  7. True
  8. LBTAV
  9. chunking
  10. sun
  11. 09/05/1959
  12. a beat or a tune
  13. means something to you
  14. a memory trick
  15. False
  16. PAISA
  17. All
  18. condensation
  19. what each letter means
  20. white
  21. Jolly
  22. night
  23. Wet Sing Goats
  24. True
  25. True
  26. initials match the list
  27. Cats Play Owls
  28. 411 724 0394
  29. Every Lazy Pink Aunty
  30. MVEMJSUN
  31. Africa
  32. True
  33. False
  34. in the same order
  35. a silly, funny one
  36. True
  37. 3782 5012 1811
  38. Jolly
  39. BDUJV
  40. first letters as a word

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