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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 289 · 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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) twice (c) more (d) again
  2. 2.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) cake (d) night
  4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  5. 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) well (b) white (c) chain (d) one
  6. 6.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bake (b) sock (c) string (d) sea
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  9. 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  10. 10.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, drum, wallet, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DWGK (b) DKWG (c) KDWG (d) GWDK
  12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
  13. 13.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani ___ Seven Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Every (c) Owls (d) My
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 219652486. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 219 524 86 (b) 221 965 2486 (c) 291 652 486 (d) 219 652 486
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs Aunty Inside ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Silly (c) Tea (d) Grab
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eat (b) Lazy Eat Play Aunty (c) Eat Lazy Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eat
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) night
  20. 20.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  22. 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) train (b) bake (c) done (d) spell
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) rake (c) chain (d) plane
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jeep, apple, parrot, flute is “Jeeps Aunty Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Lions (c) Jeeps (d) Frogs
  25. 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  27. 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) east (d) north
  28. 28.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) date chunks (c) chunking (d) a times-table rhyme
  30. 30.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 614705162. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 614 750 162 (b) 614 705 162 (c) 614 770 5162 (d) 614 705 12
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) kite (c) done (d) one
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 622955036747. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6229 5550 36747 (b) 6225 5036 747 (c) 6229 5503 6774 (d) 6229 5503 6747
  34. 34.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  35. 35.📅 The digits 21061975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/06/1975 (b) 2106/19/75 (c) 210/619/75 (d) 21/0619/75
  36. 36.📅 The digits 05101981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/10/1981 (b) 0510/19/81 (c) 051/019/81 (d) 05/1019/81
  37. 37.📅 The digits 06052000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/520/00 (b) 0605/20/00 (c) 06/0520/00 (d) 06/05/2000
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lock (b) white (c) bright (d) smell
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, umpire, needle, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PUNG (b) UNGP (c) UPNG (d) GNUP
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 356415276. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 356 415 76 (b) 356 415 276 (c) 356 145 276 (d) 356 415 5276

Answer key

  1. more
  2. what each letter means
  3. cake
  4. a list in a fixed order
  5. chain
  6. False
  7. sock
  8. ECPC
  9. green
  10. three chunks, not ten
  11. KDWG
  12. a memory trick
  13. numbers and letter lists
  14. Every
  15. 219 652 486
  16. Silly
  17. Eat Lazy Play Aunty
  18. NESW
  19. cake
  20. 4
  21. chunking
  22. spell
  23. rake
  24. Frogs
  25. splitting into groups
  26. AANSAEA
  27. west
  28. True
  29. a first-letter sentence
  30. chunking
  31. 614 705 162
  32. kite
  33. 6229 5503 6747
  34. 7
  35. 21/06/1975
  36. 05/10/1981
  37. 06/05/2000
  38. lock
  39. PUNG
  40. 356 415 276

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