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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 284 · 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 first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
  2. 2.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
  3. 3.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  5. 5.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  6. 6.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  7. 7.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 5002549479. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 245 9479 (b) 500 254 9479 (c) 500 254 479 (d) 500 254 94779
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) swing (b) string (c) bright (d) wing
  10. 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more
  11. 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, jug, drum? (a) Jeeps Bakes Dance (b) Dance Jeeps Bakes (c) Jeeps Dance Bakes (d) Bakes Jeeps Dance
  13. 13.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) south (d) north
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 250170320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 251 070 320 (b) 255 017 0320 (c) 250 170 320 (d) 250 703 20
  15. 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wing (b) light (c) block (d) one
  16. 16.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  17. 17.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  18. 18.📅 The digits 11071968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1107/19/68 (b) 11/07/1968 (c) 110/719/68 (d) 11/0719/68
  19. 19.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6240453836. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 624 404 53836 (b) 624 053 836 (c) 624 045 3836 (d) 620 445 3836
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, tomato, jug, pillow is “Crazy Toys ___ Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Love (c) Jump (d) Bakes
  22. 22.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5157442393. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 515 744 2393 (b) 515 744 3293 (c) 515 744 239 (d) 515 744 23993
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, umpire, key, nest, lamp is “___ Uncle Kids Nine Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Dance (c) Green (d) Kind
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 5578824772. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 557 884 2772 (b) 578 824 772 (c) 557 882 4772 (d) 557 882 47722
  26. 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jolly (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 372248403. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 224 8403 (b) 372 244 803 (c) 372 248 403 (d) 372 284 03
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Indian
  30. 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) clear (d) true
  31. 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) songs (c) steps (d) tricks
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) king (d) night
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  34. 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  36. 36.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 581060241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 581 060 24 (b) 580 160 241 (c) 581 106 0241 (d) 581 060 241
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) sell (c) smell (d) well
  39. 39.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long

Answer key

  1. a silly, funny one
  2. a memory trick
  3. Southern
  4. JFMA
  5. south
  6. egg
  7. three chunks, not ten
  8. 500 254 9479
  9. bright
  10. more
  11. a list in a fixed order
  12. Bakes Jeeps Dance
  13. east
  14. 250 170 320
  15. block
  16. precipitation
  17. saffron
  18. 11/07/1968
  19. first letters as a word
  20. 624 045 3836
  21. Jump
  22. splitting into groups
  23. 515 744 2393
  24. Jolly
  25. 557 882 4772
  26. 6
  27. Jolly Fly Mum Aunty
  28. 372 248 403
  29. Pacific
  30. true
  31. tricks
  32. clock
  33. NESW
  34. initials match the list
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. False
  37. 581 060 241
  38. knock
  39. False
  40. means something to you

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