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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 364 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 506970192719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5069 7019 22719 (b) 5069 7019 279 (c) 5069 7019 2719 (d) 5069 7019 7219
  3. 3.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) saying it once quietly (c) no rhythm at all (d) a beat or a tune
  4. 4.📅 The digits 05022009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 050/220/09 (b) 05/02/2009 (c) 0502/20/09 (d) 05/0220/09
  5. 5.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) nothing else
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AEASNAA
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  9. 9.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  10. 10.📅 The digits 23012009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0120/09 (b) 2301/20/09 (c) 230/120/09 (d) 23/01/2009
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 652225124. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 652 225 5124 (b) 652 225 214 (c) 652 225 124 (d) 652 225 24
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) cake (d) night
  14. 14.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  15. 15.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) twice (c) fast (d) more
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, violin, doll? (a) Vans Dad Play (b) Vans Play Dad (c) Play Vans Dad (d) Dad Vans Play
  17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  18. 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) block (b) ring (c) bee (d) write
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ice cream, shoe, rose, wallet, pencil is “Ice Silly Rani Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Only (c) Pigs (d) Aunty
  20. 20.📅 The digits 28071971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2807/19/71 (b) 28/0719/71 (c) 280/719/71 (d) 28/07/1971
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 114130698. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 114 133 0698 (b) 114 130 698 (c) 141 130 698 (d) 111 306 98
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) cake (d) night
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mice Ants Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mice Ants (c) Ants Mice Frogs Jolly (d) Frogs Jolly Mice Ants
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) rake (b) won (c) thing (d) tea
  25. 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for van, fan, inkpot, umbrella is “Vans Frogs ___ Up”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Love (c) Inside (d) Runs
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  27. 27.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Venus
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, owl, ant? (a) Ants Old Frogs (b) Frogs Old Ants (c) Old Ants Frogs (d) Old Frogs Ants
  29. 29.📅 The digits 13111986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/1119/86 (b) 1311/19/86 (c) 131/119/86 (d) 13/11/1986
  30. 30.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Play Cats (b) Cook Eight Play Cats (c) Cook Play Cats Eight (d) Cats Play Cook Eight
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat ___ Pink All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Fly (c) Pink (d) Grab
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 837875226839. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8837 8752 26839 (b) 8378 7522 8639 (c) 8378 7522 6839 (d) 8378 7522 839
  35. 35.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) say it aloud often
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, anchor, key, tomato is “Funny All Kites ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Tiny (c) Under (d) Mum
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum Vines Eat My ___ Seven Uncle Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Cats (c) Jolly (d) Ice
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bee (b) knock (c) sock (d) lock
  39. 39.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word

Answer key

  1. an acronym
  2. 5069 7019 2719
  3. a beat or a tune
  4. 05/02/2009
  5. True
  6. what each letter means
  7. AANSAEA
  8. MVEMJSUN
  9. 4
  10. 23/01/2009
  11. a first-letter sentence
  12. 652 225 124
  13. night
  14. one word holds a list
  15. more
  16. Play Vans Dad
  17. 7
  18. ring
  19. Pigs
  20. 28/07/1971
  21. 114 130 698
  22. rain
  23. Jolly Frogs Mice Ants
  24. won
  25. Inside
  26. ECPC
  27. Saturn
  28. Frogs Old Ants
  29. 13/11/1986
  30. a list in a fixed order
  31. Eight Cook Play Cats
  32. Lazy
  33. chunking
  34. 8378 7522 6839
  35. say it aloud often
  36. Tiny
  37. Jolly
  38. bee
  39. False
  40. first letters as a word

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