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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 35 · 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.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4717222761. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 471 722 2761 (b) 477 122 2761 (c) 471 722 27611 (d) 471 722 271
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every ___ Pink Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Play (c) Cook (d) Ants
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Fly Mice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Under (c) Inside (d) All
  5. 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) learn (c) say (d) write
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Every ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Play (c) Sing (d) Kind
  8. 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) wing (b) shake (c) light (d) sock
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Seven Lazy Funny (b) Seven Lazy Funny Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Funny (d) Funny Lazy Seven Red
  10. 10.📅 The digits 05101984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/019/84 (b) 05/10/1984 (c) 0510/19/84 (d) 05/1019/84
  11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  13. 13.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines ___ Big Green Young Old Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Young (c) Ice (d) Seven
  15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  17. 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Sing Red (c) Sing Red Lazy Fly (d) Sing Lazy Fly Red
  19. 19.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 916950639. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 916 950 693 (b) 169 506 39 (c) 916 950 639 (d) 916 955 0639
  21. 21.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
  22. 22.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  23. 23.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 322848003100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3224 8800 3100 (b) 3228 4800 3100 (c) 3228 4800 03100 (d) 3228 4003 100
  26. 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) indigo (c) blue (d) orange
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.🔤 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
  29. 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) spell (b) spring (c) plane (d) brain
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) snake (c) rock (d) bake
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 2077551759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 207 755 1795 (b) 207 755 17559 (c) 207 551 759 (d) 207 755 1759
  36. 36.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  37. 37.📅 The digits 01051984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/05/1984 (b) 010/519/84 (c) 01/0519/84 (d) 0105/19/84
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) train (b) knock (c) swing (d) string
  39. 39.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  40. 40.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word

Answer key

  1. green
  2. 471 722 2761
  3. Cook
  4. All
  5. know
  6. a first-letter sentence
  7. Sing
  8. light
  9. Red Seven Lazy Funny
  10. 05/10/1984
  11. one word holds a list
  12. VIBGYOR
  13. True
  14. Ice
  15. 6
  16. an acronym
  17. true
  18. Red Sing Lazy Fly
  19. initials match the list
  20. 916 950 639
  21. an acronym
  22. 5
  23. 5
  24. in the same order
  25. 3228 4800 3100
  26. indigo
  27. 9
  28. MVEMJSUN
  29. spring
  30. NESW
  31. True
  32. True
  33. True
  34. rock
  35. 207 755 1759
  36. the rainbow colours
  37. 01/05/1984
  38. train
  39. three chunks, not ten
  40. the letters make no word

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