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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 29 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) fight (c) thing (d) wing
  3. 3.📅 The digits 01031955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/03/1955 (b) 0103/19/55 (c) 010/319/55 (d) 01/0319/55
  4. 4.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) read it once silently (d) never say it
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) wake (b) done (c) write (d) block
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 2714966914. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 966 914 (b) 271 496 69914 (c) 271 469 6914 (d) 271 496 6914
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 732550255263. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7325 5025 5623 (b) 7325 5502 55263 (c) 7325 5025 5263 (d) 7325 5025 263
  12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) world (d) one
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
  15. 15.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  16. 16.📅 The digits 10101967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/1019/67 (b) 1010/19/67 (c) 101/019/67 (d) 10/10/1967
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) knee (c) ring (d) string
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 844901499. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 844 901 49 (b) 844 901 499 (c) 844 901 4999 (d) 484 901 499
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, ball, violin? (a) Bakes Vans Dogs (b) Dogs Bakes Vans (c) Vans Bakes Dogs (d) Bakes Dogs Vans
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, banana, ice cream? (a) Big Dance Inside (b) Inside Big Dance (c) Big Inside Dance (d) Dance Big Inside
  21. 21.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
  24. 24.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) write (c) tell (d) smell
  27. 27.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 427130567. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 427 135 67 (b) 427 135 067 (c) 427 713 0567 (d) 427 130 567
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  30. 30.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4421782600. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 421 782 600 (b) 442 178 2600 (c) 424 178 2600 (d) 442 178 22600
  34. 34.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 116920450. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 116 924 50 (b) 116 920 450 (c) 116 290 450 (d) 111 692 0450
  36. 36.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, whistle, anchor? (a) Wise Jeeps All (b) Wise All Jeeps (c) All Wise Jeeps (d) Jeeps Wise All
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, umbrella, lemon? (a) Uncle Aunty Love (b) Uncle Love Aunty (c) Aunty Uncle Love (d) Love Uncle Aunty
  39. 39.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, umbrella, candle? (a) Funny Up Cats (b) Up Funny Cats (c) Up Cats Funny (d) Cats Up Funny

Answer key

  1. an acronym
  2. fight
  3. 01/03/1955
  4. say it aloud often
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. done
  7. in the same order
  8. RSLF
  9. 271 496 6914
  10. chunking
  11. 7325 5025 5263
  12. one
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. ECPC
  15. precipitation
  16. 10/10/1967
  17. knee
  18. 844 901 499
  19. Dogs Bakes Vans
  20. Dance Big Inside
  21. False
  22. True
  23. stem
  24. initials match the list
  25. PAISA
  26. wing
  27. 19 and 47
  28. 427 130 567
  29. Atlantic
  30. Arctic
  31. False
  32. MVEMJSUN
  33. 442 178 2600
  34. numbers and letter lists
  35. 116 920 450
  36. 6
  37. Jeeps Wise All
  38. Aunty Uncle Love
  39. leaf
  40. Funny Up Cats

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