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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 360 · 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.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  3. 3.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, cat, lemon, nest is “Grab ___ Lions Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Big (c) Mum (d) Cats
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (d) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
  7. 7.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) February (c) April (d) January
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, coconut, net? (a) Cats Neat Wet (b) Wet Cats Neat (c) Cats Wet Neat (d) Neat Cats Wet
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, key, apple, radio is “Green ___ All Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Kids (c) Dogs (d) Aunty
  10. 10.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) changes daily (d) is very long
  11. 11.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) lock (c) fun (d) rock
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Crazy Pigs Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Owls (c) Seven (d) Eat
  15. 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) train (c) tea (d) make
  16. 16.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  17. 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bake (b) bun (c) lane (d) thing
  18. 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  19. 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) shell (b) rake (c) one (d) knee
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, jug, owl? (a) Jeeps Bakes Old (b) Bakes Jeeps Old (c) Old Jeeps Bakes (d) Jeeps Old Bakes
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  22. 22.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  24. 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
  25. 25.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, owl, doll, needle, pillow is “Aunty Owls ___ Nani Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Dance (c) Wise (d) Seven
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty (b) Lazy Eight Pigs Aunty (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Eight (d) Aunty Pigs Lazy Eight
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) done (d) over
  30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
  31. 31.True or false: “string” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) SRLF (d) FLSR
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, umpire, watch? (a) Up Kites Wet (b) Up Wet Kites (c) Kites Up Wet (d) Wet Up Kites
  35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Aunty Neat Seven Ants Eight ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Kind (c) Aunty (d) Yum
  36. 36.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  37. 37.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  38. 38.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pink Cook (b) Eat Cook Cook Pink (c) Eat Cook Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cook Eat
  40. 40.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 5
  3. True
  4. Cats
  5. Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
  6. a silly, funny one
  7. March
  8. Wet Cats Neat
  9. Kids
  10. means something to you
  11. 5
  12. saffron
  13. fun
  14. Eat
  15. train
  16. one word holds a list
  17. bake
  18. egg
  19. rake
  20. Bakes Jeeps Old
  21. a first-letter sentence
  22. Pacific
  23. an acronym
  24. three chunks, not ten
  25. numbers and letter lists
  26. Dance
  27. Eight Lazy Pigs Aunty
  28. a first-letter sentence
  29. done
  30. in the same order
  31. False
  32. RSLF
  33. an acronym
  34. Kites Up Wet
  35. Aunty
  36. 4
  37. first letters as a word
  38. a first-letter sentence
  39. Eat Cook Pink Cook
  40. what each letter means

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