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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 342 · 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 type of number (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Sing (b) Wins Green Sing (c) Wins Sing Green (d) Sing Wins Green
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 122213523. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 221 3523 (b) 122 213 253 (c) 122 213 53 (d) 122 213 523
  4. 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
  5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) blue (c) orange (d) indigo
  6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wing (b) free (c) done (d) main
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 724550068. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 724 550 0068 (b) 724 500 68 (c) 274 550 068 (d) 724 550 068
  10. 10.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Cook (b) Eight Cook Pink Cook (c) Eight Cook Cook Pink (d) Cook Pink Cook Eight
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Australia
  15. 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) fast (c) cold (d) free
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, tiger, whistle? (a) Tea Pigs Wise (b) Tea Wise Pigs (c) Pigs Tea Wise (d) Wise Tea Pigs
  17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Wet Green Seven (c) Seven Wet Green (d) Green Wet Seven
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 113456502182. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1134 5650 282 (b) 1134 5650 22182 (c) 1134 5650 2812 (d) 1134 5650 2182
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
  21. 21.True or false: “three” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Eight (c) Lions Pink Aunty Eight (d) Lions Eight Pink Aunty
  23. 23.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Very Eight Mum ___ Sing Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Lazy (c) My (d) Rani
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) tree (d) rain
  27. 27.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, owl, ball? (a) Owls Big Play (b) Owls Play Big (c) Play Owls Big (d) Big Owls Play
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) clock (d) tree
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 622424899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 622 424 4899 (b) 622 424 89 (c) 622 424 899 (d) 262 424 899
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, rope, igloo, pillow, van is “Only ___ Inside Pigs Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Frogs (c) Runs (d) Silly
  33. 33.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  35. 35.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) west (d) east
  38. 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9152349005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 523 49005 (b) 915 243 9005 (c) 915 234 9005 (d) 152 349 005

Answer key

  1. first letters as a word
  2. Sing Wins Green
  3. 122 213 523
  4. the letters make no word
  5. blue
  6. wing
  7. in the same order
  8. chunking
  9. 724 550 068
  10. splitting into groups
  11. a silly, funny one
  12. Eight Cook Pink Cook
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. Australia
  15. free
  16. Pigs Tea Wise
  17. False
  18. Seven Wet Green
  19. 1134 5650 2182
  20. SWG
  21. False
  22. Eight Lions Pink Aunty
  23. True
  24. Jeeps
  25. chunking
  26. tree
  27. leaf
  28. Jupiter
  29. Play Owls Big
  30. tree
  31. 622 424 899
  32. Runs
  33. the rainbow colours
  34. chunking
  35. False
  36. three chunks, not ten
  37. east
  38. one word holds a list
  39. Venus
  40. 915 234 9005

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