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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 317 · 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 word rhymes with “rain”? (a) main (b) snake (c) smell (d) sing
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 331252353170. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3312 5235 3170 (b) 3312 5235 33170 (c) 3132 5235 3170 (d) 3125 2353 170
  3. 3.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Frogs Mice Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Very (c) Jolly (d) Mum
  5. 5.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 and 947
  6. 6.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, apple, cat, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACTK (b) TCAK (c) AKCT (d) KACT
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ice ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Lions (c) Seven (d) Bakes
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, ice cream, kettle, coconut, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IKCLJ (b) LCKIJ (c) JIKCL (d) IJKCL
  11. 11.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  14. 14.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  15. 15.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) sun (d) bell
  16. 16.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) they are always true (d) sound patterns stick
  17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
  19. 19.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, doll, vase? (a) Pigs Dad Very (b) Very Dad Pigs (c) Dad Pigs Very (d) Dad Very Pigs
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, ant, bucket? (a) Aunty Bakes Play (b) Aunty Play Bakes (c) Bakes Aunty Play (d) Play Aunty Bakes
  22. 22.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) sun (d) bell
  24. 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) lane (c) cane (d) ton
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, net, jug, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCJG (b) CNJG (c) NJGC (d) GJNC
  27. 27.True or false: “well” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 806711716118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8067 1171 61188 (b) 0867 1171 6118 (c) 8061 1716 118 (d) 8067 1171 6118
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, shoe, glass? (a) Play Silly Green (b) Green Silly Play (c) Silly Green Play (d) Silly Play Green
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ice cream, doll, vase? (a) Vines Dad Inside (b) Dad Inside Vines (c) Inside Dad Vines (d) Dad Vines Inside
  31. 31.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  32. 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) cake (d) sun
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  36. 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) splitting into groups (c) writing it twice (d) reading very fast
  37. 37.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Eat Mice ___ Seven Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Neat (c) Dogs (d) Pigs
  39. 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  40. 40.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa

Answer key

  1. main
  2. 3312 5235 3170
  3. 6
  4. Jolly
  5. 19 and 47
  6. a beat or a tune
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. KACT
  9. Seven
  10. JIKCL
  11. 3
  12. False
  13. chunking
  14. the rainbow colours
  15. sun
  16. sound patterns stick
  17. 8
  18. a first-letter sentence
  19. numbers and letter lists
  20. Pigs Dad Very
  21. Play Aunty Bakes
  22. Asia
  23. clock
  24. the letters make no word
  25. ton
  26. CNJG
  27. False
  28. 8067 1171 6118
  29. Play Silly Green
  30. Inside Dad Vines
  31. first letters as a word
  32. what each letter means
  33. sun
  34. a silly, funny one
  35. JFMA
  36. splitting into groups
  37. 5
  38. Jolly
  39. initials match the list
  40. adult

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