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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 293 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven ___ Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Frogs (c) Green (d) Wise
  2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  3. 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  4. 4.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, goat, monkey, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGMU (b) UMGN (c) GMUN (d) GNMU
  7. 7.True or false: “three” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 7313501003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 350 0103 (b) 733 501 003 (c) 731 350 1003 (d) 731 135 01003
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Sing Wins (b) Eat Nine Sing Wins (c) Eat Sing Wins Nine (d) Wins Sing Eat Nine
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, mango, guava, tent is “___ Mice Goats Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Grab (c) Dogs (d) Eat
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) swing (c) ring (d) sing
  15. 15.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Seven (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Wet Seven Green (d) Wet Green Seven
  18. 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) planet (c) one (d) world
  19. 19.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
  20. 20.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, whistle, ball? (a) Wise Dad Bakes (b) Bakes Wise Dad (c) Dad Wise Bakes (d) Wise Bakes Dad
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 485164075186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4851 6407 75186 (b) 4851 6407 516 (c) 4851 6407 5186 (d) 4851 6405 7186
  24. 24.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) means something to you
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, cat, watch? (a) Wet Crazy Big (b) Crazy Wet Big (c) Big Crazy Wet (d) Crazy Big Wet
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 245015061. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 245 015 061 (b) 245 501 5061 (c) 425 015 061 (d) 245 015 01
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Eat (b) Cook Pink Cats Eat (c) Eat Cook Pink Cats (d) Cook Eat Pink Cats
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  29. 29.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 351952056023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5195 2056 023 (b) 3519 5205 6023 (c) 3519 5025 6023 (d) 3511 9520 56023
  31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sock (b) three (c) lake (d) tea
  32. 32.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  34. 34.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  35. 35.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Atlantic (c) Southern (d) Indian
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “train” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) bell (d) night
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, shoe, needle, lamp, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFNLK (b) KLNSF (c) SNLKF (d) FSNLK
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 629004155042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6290 0415 5042 (b) 6290 0415 0542 (c) 6290 0415 042 (d) 6229 0041 55042
  40. 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number

Answer key

  1. Wise
  2. a list in a fixed order
  3. saffron
  4. True
  5. splitting into groups
  6. NGMU
  7. False
  8. in the same order
  9. 731 350 1003
  10. an acronym
  11. Nine Eat Sing Wins
  12. Bunny
  13. AANSAEA
  14. spell
  15. what each letter means
  16. one word holds a list
  17. Seven Wet Green
  18. one
  19. 19 and 47
  20. False
  21. Europe
  22. Dad Wise Bakes
  23. 4851 6407 5186
  24. means something to you
  25. Big Crazy Wet
  26. 245 015 061
  27. Eat Cook Pink Cats
  28. a rhyme
  29. the rainbow colours
  30. 3519 5205 6023
  31. sock
  32. True
  33. a silly, funny one
  34. a rhyme
  35. three chunks, not ten
  36. Arctic
  37. rain
  38. FSNLK
  39. 6290 0415 5042
  40. first letters as a word

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