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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 302 · 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 helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (b) Eat Cook Pigs Cook (c) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (d) Eat Cook Cook Pigs
  2. 2.📅 The digits 26082024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/820/24 (b) 26/08/2024 (c) 2608/20/24 (d) 26/0820/24
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, mirror, tiger, ant, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CATMK (b) MKTAC (c) MTACK (d) KMTAC
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) clock (c) king (d) bell
  6. 6.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eat (b) Eat Crazy Play Cats (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Play Cats
  8. 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) fight (b) one (c) well (d) ring
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 692838304346. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9283 8304 346 (b) 6928 3830 04346 (c) 6928 3380 4346 (d) 6928 3830 4346
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 4317778571. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 417 778 571 (b) 413 777 8571 (c) 431 777 8571 (d) 443 177 78571
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Inside Bunny Green Young Owls Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Big (c) Vines (d) Sing
  12. 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) fight (b) bee (c) sock (d) bite
  13. 13.📅 The digits 17121961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 171/219/61 (b) 17/12/1961 (c) 17/1219/61 (d) 1712/19/61
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty Neat Silly ___ Eight Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Only (c) Cats (d) All
  15. 15.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ All Nani Sing All Eat Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Dogs (c) Play (d) Aunty
  17. 17.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
  18. 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) fast (c) cold (d) long
  19. 19.📅 The digits 22122005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2212/20/05 (b) 22/12/2005 (c) 221/220/05 (d) 22/1220/05
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, violin, drum? (a) Vines Silly Dad (b) Vines Dad Silly (c) Silly Vines Dad (d) Dad Vines Silly
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, pillow, bucket, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBTU (b) PUBT (c) UPBT (d) TBPU
  22. 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) block (b) lake (c) brain (d) one
  23. 23.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  25. 25.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  26. 26.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  27. 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) games (d) steps
  28. 28.📅 The digits 02052004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0205/20/04 (b) 02/05/2004 (c) 020/520/04 (d) 02/0520/04
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 780464781671. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7880 4647 81671 (b) 7804 6478 161 (c) 7806 4478 1671 (d) 7804 6478 1671
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) shell (c) smell (d) fun
  31. 31.📅 The digits 19012011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0120/11 (b) 190/120/11 (c) 19/01/2011 (d) 1901/20/11
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs ___ Love Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Every (c) My (d) Kind
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, flute, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAJN (b) FJNA (c) NJFA (d) AFJN
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) FLSR
  35. 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  36. 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) say (c) know (d) learn
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) kite (b) wing (c) lock (d) tell
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, coconut, igloo, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VCIA (b) CVIA (c) AICV (d) CIAV
  39. 39.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) fast (d) twice
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

Answer key

  1. Eat Cook Pigs Cook
  2. 26/08/2024
  3. KMTAC
  4. a first-letter sentence
  5. tree
  6. 9
  7. Eat Crazy Play Cats
  8. ring
  9. 6928 3830 4346
  10. 431 777 8571
  11. Vines
  12. sock
  13. 17/12/1961
  14. All
  15. 19 and 47
  16. Aunty
  17. three chunks, not ten
  18. free
  19. 22/12/2005
  20. Silly Vines Dad
  21. UPBT
  22. brain
  23. False
  24. a silly, funny one
  25. means something to you
  26. one word holds a list
  27. tricks
  28. 02/05/2004
  29. 7804 6478 1671
  30. fun
  31. 19/01/2011
  32. Seven
  33. AFJN
  34. RSLF
  35. February
  36. know
  37. kite
  38. VCIA
  39. more
  40. chunking

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