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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 368 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) violet (c) green (d) yellow
  3. 3.📅 The digits 19052012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/520/12 (b) 19/0520/12 (c) 1905/20/12 (d) 19/05/2012
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 629617612215. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6296 1761 2215 (b) 6296 1761 12215 (c) 6261 7612 215 (d) 6291 6761 2215
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 401234608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 412 346 08 (b) 401 234 608 (c) 402 134 608 (d) 400 123 4608
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) run (c) lake (d) ton
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 9404080580. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 408 80580 (b) 940 408 058 (c) 490 408 0580 (d) 940 408 0580
  8. 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) star (d) planet
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 217551349. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 217 551 3449 (b) 217 551 349 (c) 217 551 39 (d) 217 515 349
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 1059118776. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 105 911 876 (b) 105 911 87776 (c) 105 911 8776 (d) 015 911 8776
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 3428205132. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 342 820 05132 (b) 342 820 5132 (c) 342 802 5132 (d) 342 820 513
  12. 12.📅 The digits 03032004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0320/04 (b) 030/320/04 (c) 03/03/2004 (d) 0303/20/04
  13. 13.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  16. 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 232528513. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 232 528 513 (b) 232 528 8513 (c) 225 285 13 (d) 232 582 513
  18. 18.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play ___ Inside Silly Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Eight (c) Kites (d) Ants
  20. 20.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) main (b) spring (c) sea (d) one
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  22. 22.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) date chunks
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) sell (c) lake (d) wake
  24. 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
  25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) nothing at all
  26. 26.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) make (c) sell (d) tell
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, violin, rope, lemon, guava is “Dance Very Runs ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Ants (c) Frogs (d) Sing
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FJMA (d) FMAJ
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, lamp, kite? (a) Lions Kites Nani (b) Nani Lions Kites (c) Kites Lions Nani (d) Lions Nani Kites
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, key, ice cream? (a) Kites Ink Neat (b) Kites Neat Ink (c) Ink Kites Neat (d) Neat Kites Ink
  32. 32.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a kind of pen
  33. 33.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, jug, ball, violin, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVBJL (b) JBVOL (c) LJBVO (d) JLBVO
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Every (b) Crazy Pink Cats Every (c) Every Crazy Pink Cats (d) Crazy Every Pink Cats
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump Fly Mice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Dogs (c) Fly (d) Kind
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, kettle, anchor? (a) Big Kites Ants (b) Kites Big Ants (c) Ants Kites Big (d) Kites Ants Big
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, doll, watch? (a) Dogs Only Wins (b) Wins Dogs Only (c) Only Dogs Wins (d) Dogs Wins Only

Answer key

  1. chunking
  2. yellow
  3. 19/05/2012
  4. 6296 1761 2215
  5. 401 234 608
  6. lake
  7. 940 408 0580
  8. one
  9. 217 551 349
  10. 105 911 8776
  11. 342 820 5132
  12. 03/03/2004
  13. False
  14. True
  15. 2
  16. three chunks, not ten
  17. 232 528 513
  18. means something to you
  19. Ants
  20. one
  21. an acronym
  22. a first-letter sentence
  23. sell
  24. the letters make no word
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. False
  27. make
  28. Lions
  29. JFMA
  30. Nani Lions Kites
  31. Neat Kites Ink
  32. a memory trick
  33. splitting into groups
  34. Venus
  35. LJBVO
  36. Every Crazy Pink Cats
  37. Aunty
  38. an acronym
  39. Big Kites Ants
  40. Only Dogs Wins

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