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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 304 · 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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 449635183. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 496 351 83 (b) 449 635 183 (c) 449 635 813 (d) 449 663 5183
  3. 3.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) indigo (d) violet
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, cat, violin? (a) Grab Cats Vines (b) Cats Vines Grab (c) Vines Cats Grab (d) Cats Grab Vines
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 285635701. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 285 357 01 (b) 285 635 701 (c) 285 635 071 (d) 285 663 5701
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, banana, flute? (a) Goats Big Funny (b) Funny Big Goats (c) Big Goats Funny (d) Big Funny Goats
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) lock (c) ton (d) rock
  9. 9.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📅 The digits 06111959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/1119/59 (b) 06/11/1959 (c) 0611/19/59 (d) 061/119/59
  11. 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
  12. 12.True or false: “spring” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📅 The digits 04031969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/0319/69 (b) 0403/19/69 (c) 040/319/69 (d) 04/03/1969
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, kettle, radio? (a) Kids Big Red (b) Kids Red Big (c) Big Kids Red (d) Red Kids Big
  15. 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
  17. 17.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lions Eat (b) Lions Eat Play Aunty (c) Lions Play Aunty Eat (d) Eat Lions Play Aunty
  19. 19.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
  20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  21. 21.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 and 947
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, net, ant, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMAO (b) NAOM (c) MNAO (d) OANM
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mice All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Jeeps (c) Eat (d) Uncle
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice All (b) Frogs Mice All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs Mice All (d) All Mice Frogs Jeeps
  26. 26.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it has fewer digits
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) bell (d) tree
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty (d) Lazy Eight Pigs Aunty
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 4480727380. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 448 072 7380 (b) 484 072 7380 (c) 480 727 380 (d) 448 807 27380
  30. 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
  33. 33.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) clock (d) bell
  35. 35.📅 The digits 09071965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0719/65 (b) 090/719/65 (c) 09/07/1965 (d) 0907/19/65
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) run (b) rock (c) shell (d) make
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 216002592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 216 002 2592 (b) 261 002 592 (c) 216 002 592 (d) 216 002 59
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 519981395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 519 983 95 (b) 519 891 395 (c) 519 981 3955 (d) 519 981 395
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 839047167049. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3890 4716 7049 (b) 8390 4716 049 (c) 8390 4716 70499 (d) 8390 4716 7049
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eight Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Eight Neat (c) Eight Neat Silly Wet (d) Eight Silly Wet Neat

Answer key

  1. initials match the list
  2. 449 635 183
  3. True
  4. yellow
  5. Grab Cats Vines
  6. 285 635 701
  7. Goats Big Funny
  8. ton
  9. False
  10. 06/11/1959
  11. tricks
  12. False
  13. 04/03/1969
  14. Big Kids Red
  15. False
  16. the letters make no word
  17. Earth
  18. Eat Lions Play Aunty
  19. chunking
  20. 4
  21. 19 and 47
  22. in the same order
  23. MNAO
  24. Jeeps
  25. Jeeps Frogs Mice All
  26. three chunks, not ten
  27. cake
  28. Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty
  29. 448 072 7380
  30. True
  31. a first-letter sentence
  32. a memory trick
  33. a list in a fixed order
  34. tree
  35. 09/07/1965
  36. run
  37. 216 002 592
  38. 519 981 395
  39. 8390 4716 7049
  40. Neat Eight Silly Wet

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