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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 314 · 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.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECCP
  3. 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
  4. 4.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
  5. 5.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Play Aunty (b) Aunty Play Lions Every (c) Lions Play Aunty Every (d) Lions Every Play Aunty
  7. 7.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2751908719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 227 519 08719 (b) 275 190 8719 (c) 725 190 8719 (d) 275 190 879
  9. 9.📅 The digits 11072018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0720/18 (b) 1107/20/18 (c) 11/07/2018 (d) 110/720/18
  10. 10.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) chain (b) string (c) well (d) kite
  12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) South America
  13. 13.📅 The digits 02042021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 020/420/21 (b) 02/0420/21 (c) 02/04/2021 (d) 0204/20/21
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 715848867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 715 884 8867 (b) 715 848 867 (c) 715 848 86 (d) 715 488 867
  16. 16.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) indigo
  18. 18.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  19. 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) precipitation
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat (b) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty (c) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty (d) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, rose, orange, pillow, coconut is “Goats Runs ___ Pink Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Mum (c) Every (d) Yaks
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) night (d) clock
  23. 23.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  27. 27.True or false: “wake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a long story
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat Every ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Eat (c) Uncle (d) Silly
  30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Love Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Rani (c) Grab (d) All
  31. 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
  32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) make (b) train (c) three (d) light
  33. 33.📅 The digits 15091984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0919/84 (b) 15/09/1984 (c) 150/919/84 (d) 1509/19/84
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, cat, key? (a) Cats Mice Kids (b) Kids Cats Mice (c) Mice Cats Kids (d) Cats Kids Mice
  35. 35.📅 The digits 15112005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/120/05 (b) 15/11/2005 (c) 15/1120/05 (d) 1511/20/05
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4087084300. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 408 708 430 (b) 407 808 4300 (c) 408 708 4300 (d) 408 700 84300
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) brain (b) well (c) white (d) lock
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
  40. 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wing (b) sock (c) ton (d) white

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. ECPC
  3. the letters make no word
  4. numbers and letter lists
  5. first letters as a word
  6. Every Lions Play Aunty
  7. False
  8. 275 190 8719
  9. 11/07/2018
  10. True
  11. string
  12. Asia
  13. 02/04/2021
  14. in the same order
  15. 715 848 867
  16. saffron
  17. yellow
  18. what each letter means
  19. precipitation
  20. Eat Lions Pigs Aunty
  21. Only
  22. night
  23. 8
  24. chunking
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. True
  28. an acronym
  29. Silly
  30. Rani
  31. three chunks, not ten
  32. light
  33. 15/09/1984
  34. Mice Cats Kids
  35. 15/11/2005
  36. 408 708 4300
  37. east
  38. white
  39. a silly, funny one
  40. sock

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