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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 347 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (b) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (c) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eight
  2. 2.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it is a smaller number
  3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) knock (b) kite (c) wake (d) main
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  5. 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) read it once silently
  7. 7.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) tell (c) bee (d) three
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, ladder, orange, nest. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LONS (b) LSON (c) NOLS (d) SLON
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 7929641698. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 964 1698 (b) 792 964 16988 (c) 792 961 698 (d) 792 964 1968
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  12. 12.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  13. 13.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, candle, jug, tent, drum is “Wet Crazy Jeeps Tiny ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Kind (c) Dogs (d) Wise
  15. 15.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, bucket, onion? (a) Bakes Ants Old (b) Old Bakes Ants (c) Ants Bakes Old (d) Bakes Old Ants
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Love Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Kites (c) Lazy (d) Red
  18. 18.📅 The digits 08082019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0808/20/19 (b) 08/08/2019 (c) 080/820/19 (d) 08/0820/19
  19. 19.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Earth
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) brain (c) won (d) bun
  23. 23.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) February (b) January (c) April (d) March
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  25. 25.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Grab (b) Wet Grab Seven (c) Seven Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Seven
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) done (c) sock (d) ton
  28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) kite (b) ton (c) bake (d) white
  29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  30. 30.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) saying it once quietly
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lions Eight (b) Lions Pigs Aunty Eight (c) Lions Eight Pigs Aunty (d) Eight Lions Pigs Aunty
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 8384186583. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 838 418 86583 (b) 838 418 6583 (c) 838 418 6853 (d) 838 418 653
  33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 106371245. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 106 637 1245 (b) 106 372 45 (c) 106 371 245 (d) 106 371 425
  35. 35.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) orange (d) indigo
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 452976634. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 452 976 63 (b) 452 976 6634 (c) 459 276 634 (d) 452 976 634
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) shake (c) train (d) make
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  39. 39.📅 The digits 22112001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2211/20/01 (b) 22/1120/01 (c) 221/120/01 (d) 22/11/2001
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, umpire, whistle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UWBC (b) CUWB (c) BWUC (d) UCWB

Answer key

  1. Eight Lazy Play Aunty
  2. three chunks, not ten
  3. wake
  4. VIBGYOR
  5. False
  6. say it aloud often
  7. 2
  8. tell
  9. SLON
  10. 792 964 1698
  11. SWG
  12. 2
  13. what each letter means
  14. Dogs
  15. initials match the list
  16. Ants Bakes Old
  17. Red
  18. 08/08/2019
  19. True
  20. one word holds a list
  21. Earth
  22. brain
  23. April
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. Indian
  26. Seven Wet Grab
  27. sock
  28. bake
  29. a rhyme
  30. a beat or a tune
  31. Eight Lions Pigs Aunty
  32. 838 418 6583
  33. a first-letter sentence
  34. 106 371 245
  35. violet
  36. 452 976 634
  37. train
  38. a rhyme
  39. 22/11/2001
  40. CUWB

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