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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 286 · 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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, pillow, umpire, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUPA (b) APUT (c) PAUT (d) PUTA
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) know (c) write (d) learn
  4. 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) sock (c) one (d) brain
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 433072168095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4330 7216 80995 (b) 4330 7216 8095 (c) 4330 7218 6095 (d) 4337 2168 095
  6. 6.📅 The digits 14021994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1402/19/94 (b) 14/0219/94 (c) 140/219/94 (d) 14/02/1994
  7. 7.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tiger, apple, jug, guava is “Tea Ants ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Cats (c) Jolly (d) Rani
  10. 10.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  13. 13.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wins (b) Wins Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wins Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wins
  17. 17.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  18. 18.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, rose, net? (a) Red Nani Bakes (b) Nani Red Bakes (c) Bakes Red Nani (d) Red Bakes Nani
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, bucket, tomato, radio, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BTRPK (b) BKTRP (c) KBTRP (d) PRTBK
  21. 21.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  22. 22.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) make (c) tell (d) shake
  24. 24.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  25. 25.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) east (d) north
  26. 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a rhyme
  27. 27.True or false: “train” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs All Ink Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Inside (c) Aunty (d) Kites
  29. 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  30. 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, glass, igloo, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GIDV (b) DIGV (c) VGID (d) GVID
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) indigo (d) green
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Every (b) Cats Every Pink Cook (c) Every Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
  34. 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) cane (c) train (d) plane
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, banana, goat, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPGS (b) PBGS (c) BGSP (d) SGBP
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 6908797068. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 690 877 068 (b) 690 879 7068 (c) 690 879 70668 (d) 690 789 7068
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jolly (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) Jolly Funny My All (d) Funny Jolly My All
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jeep, goat, parrot, van, rope is “Jolly ___ Pigs Very Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Jolly (c) Dogs (d) Goats
  40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

Answer key

  1. egg
  2. APUT
  3. know
  4. brain
  5. 4330 7216 8095
  6. 14/02/1994
  7. False
  8. an acronym
  9. Jolly
  10. False
  11. a silly, funny one
  12. SWG
  13. False
  14. numbers and letter lists
  15. ECPC
  16. Neat Every Seven Wins
  17. first letters as a word
  18. say it aloud often
  19. Bakes Red Nani
  20. KBTRP
  21. a list in a fixed order
  22. 3
  23. tell
  24. 5
  25. west
  26. a rhyme
  27. False
  28. Aunty
  29. north
  30. more
  31. VGID
  32. green
  33. Every Cats Pink Cook
  34. the rainbow colours
  35. fight
  36. PBGS
  37. 690 879 7068
  38. Jolly Funny My All
  39. Goats
  40. 7

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