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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 334 · 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 an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  2. 2.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Seven (b) Wins Seven Grab (c) Grab Wins Seven (d) Seven Wins Grab
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, frog, anchor? (a) Toys Funny Aunty (b) Funny Aunty Toys (c) Funny Toys Aunty (d) Aunty Funny Toys
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, guava, ball, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGBF (b) GBFV (c) FBGV (d) GVBF
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ant, needle, jeep, lamp is “All ___ Jump Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Yaks (c) Dance (d) Nani
  8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) nothing at all
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) tree (d) king
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  12. 12.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, mango, ant? (a) My Play Ants (b) Play My Ants (c) My Ants Play (d) Ants My Play
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 4711389616. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 389 616 (b) 471 138 89616 (c) 741 138 9616 (d) 471 138 9616
  16. 16.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📅 The digits 23082000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2308/20/00 (b) 230/820/00 (c) 23/0820/00 (d) 23/08/2000
  18. 18.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, umbrella, guava, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UPGK (b) KGUP (c) UGKP (d) PUGK
  19. 19.📅 The digits 02111993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 021/119/93 (b) 02/11/1993 (c) 02/1119/93 (d) 0211/19/93
  20. 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
  21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 2347171249. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 234 711 71249 (b) 234 717 1249 (c) 234 711 7249 (d) 234 717 129
  23. 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) train (b) fight (c) snake (d) ton
  24. 24.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) chain (b) lane (c) white (d) plane
  27. 27.📅 The digits 24092019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/09/2019 (b) 2409/20/19 (c) 240/920/19 (d) 24/0920/19
  28. 28.📅 The digits 01101954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 011/019/54 (b) 0110/19/54 (c) 01/10/1954 (d) 01/1019/54
  29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) key (b) make (c) smell (d) ring
  32. 32.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 100119804129. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1001 9180 4129 (b) 1001 1904 129 (c) 1100 1198 04129 (d) 1001 1980 4129
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 706571439005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7065 7143 9005 (b) 7065 7143 90005 (c) 7657 1439 005 (d) 0765 7143 9005
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, pencil, duck, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKDG (b) GDPK (c) KPDG (d) PDGK
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vans ___ Mice Jolly Seven Under Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Pink (c) Goats (d) Eat
  39. 39.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  40. 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) free (c) snake (d) wake

Answer key

  1. first letters as a word
  2. splitting into groups
  3. a first-letter sentence
  4. Seven Wins Grab
  5. Toys Funny Aunty
  6. VGBF
  7. Nani
  8. a first-letter sentence
  9. an acronym
  10. tree
  11. a silly, funny one
  12. initials match the list
  13. three chunks, not ten
  14. Play My Ants
  15. 471 138 9616
  16. True
  17. 23/08/2000
  18. PUGK
  19. 02/11/1993
  20. a memory trick
  21. an acronym
  22. 234 717 1249
  23. ton
  24. 3
  25. AANSAEA
  26. white
  27. 24/09/2019
  28. 01/10/1954
  29. 5
  30. False
  31. key
  32. the rainbow colours
  33. 1001 1980 4129
  34. in the same order
  35. 7065 7143 9005
  36. NESW
  37. KPDG
  38. Eat
  39. 4
  40. free

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