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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 367 · 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.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) egg (c) larva (d) pupa
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, vase, tent, anchor is “___ Vines Toys Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Inside (c) Runs (d) Jolly
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
  4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
  5. 5.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Play All (b) All Play Lazy Eight (c) Lazy Play All Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play All
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) AISAP
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 927691070196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9276 9107 0196 (b) 2976 9107 0196 (c) 9277 6910 70196 (d) 9279 1070 196
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) sun (d) cake
  10. 10.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  11. 11.📅 The digits 09022021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/02/2021 (b) 0902/20/21 (c) 09/0220/21 (d) 090/220/21
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  14. 14.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 2373054519. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 237 305 459 (b) 237 304 5519 (c) 237 305 4519 (d) 223 730 54519
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 798240820. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 798 240 820 (b) 982 408 20 (c) 798 248 020 (d) 798 240 8220
  17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, pillow, frog, mango, violin is “Old Pink ___ Mice Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Jolly (c) Fly (d) Vans
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) sing (c) lock (d) spring
  20. 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, frog, ant, glass is “Bakes Fly Aunty ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Eight (c) Under (d) Cats
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Sing Wet (b) Every Sing Wet Nani (c) Every Nani Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Nani
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) clock (d) rain
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
  24. 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
  25. 25.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, key, urn? (a) Up Kind Green (b) Kind Up Green (c) Kind Green Up (d) Green Kind Up
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 387055323863. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8370 5532 3863 (b) 3387 0553 23863 (c) 3870 5532 3863 (d) 8705 5323 863
  28. 28.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  30. 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bake (b) bee (c) bright (d) smell
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, wallet, jalebi, shoe, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSJWN (b) NWJSR (c) WJSRN (d) WNJSR
  32. 32.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, inkpot, ladder, shoe, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSLIT (b) ILSVT (c) TILSV (d) ITLSV
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Goats (b) Goats Wet Seven (c) Seven Wet Goats (d) Wet Goats Seven
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) wing (c) lake (d) bake
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Frogs Mum Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Jolly (c) Aunty (d) Uncle
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) spring (b) bake (c) knee (d) make
  38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) fast (b) again (c) more (d) twice
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) wake (c) rake (d) light
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym

Answer key

  1. egg
  2. Inside
  3. a silly, funny one
  4. tricks
  5. say it aloud often
  6. Eight Lazy Play All
  7. PAISA
  8. 9276 9107 0196
  9. clock
  10. initials match the list
  11. 09/02/2021
  12. an acronym
  13. the rainbow colours
  14. numbers and letter lists
  15. 237 305 4519
  16. 798 240 820
  17. 9
  18. Fly
  19. lock
  20. Grab
  21. Nani Every Sing Wet
  22. bell
  23. flower
  24. the letters make no word
  25. True
  26. Green Kind Up
  27. 3870 5532 3863
  28. first letters as a word
  29. one word holds a list
  30. bake
  31. NWJSR
  32. True
  33. TILSV
  34. Seven Wet Goats
  35. wing
  36. Jolly
  37. knee
  38. more
  39. light
  40. a first-letter sentence

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