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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 37 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, mango, drum, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FDMV (b) MVDF (c) MDFV (d) VMDF
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) ton (c) plane (d) won
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
  5. 5.True or false: “key” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  7. 7.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) a rhyme about cats
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) cane (c) chain (d) brain
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, coconut, sock, jug, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UJSCM (b) CMSJU (c) MCSJU (d) CSJUM
  10. 10.True or false: “make” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 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
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 182490294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 182 490 924 (b) 182 490 2294 (c) 182 490 294 (d) 182 490 29
  13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, wallet, tomato, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ATWC (b) WCTA (c) CWTA (d) WTAC
  15. 15.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) cake (c) night (d) rain
  16. 16.🧰 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
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Very Eight My Jolly Sing Under ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Funny (c) Nani (d) Mice
  18. 18.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
  19. 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
  20. 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  21. 21.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, owl, tomato, violin, watch is “___ Only Tiny Very Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Ice (c) Bakes (d) Dance
  24. 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, urn, apple, guava, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RGAUW (b) UWAGR (c) WUAGR (d) UAGRW
  26. 26.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Pink Cook (b) Cats Eight Pink Cook (c) Cats Pink Cook Eight (d) Cook Pink Cats Eight
  29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 259831309710. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2593 1309 710 (b) 2598 3130 9710 (c) 2598 3133 09710 (d) 2958 3130 9710
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2752643913. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 275 264 313 (b) 275 264 39133 (c) 275 264 3193 (d) 275 264 3913
  32. 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 359350612. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 359 305 612 (b) 359 350 0612 (c) 353 506 12 (d) 359 350 612
  34. 34.📅 The digits 19082016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1908/20/16 (b) 190/820/16 (c) 19/08/2016 (d) 19/0820/16
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 323048462. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 323 048 462 (b) 323 048 4462 (c) 332 048 462 (d) 323 048 42
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Every (b) Every Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Every Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Lazy Every
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Ants Pigs Lions Eat (b) Lions Pigs Ants Eat (c) Eat Lions Pigs Ants (d) Lions Eat Pigs Ants
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 734796485. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 734 794 685 (b) 773 479 6485 (c) 734 796 485 (d) 734 794 85
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) rain (c) night (d) clock
  40. 40.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. VMDF
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. plane
  4. ELPA
  5. True
  6. first letters as a word
  7. initials match the list
  8. sea
  9. MCSJU
  10. False
  11. three chunks, not ten
  12. 182 490 294
  13. a memory trick
  14. CWTA
  15. night
  16. chunking
  17. Nani
  18. numbers and letter lists
  19. the letters make no word
  20. in the same order
  21. False
  22. SWG
  23. Dance
  24. Saturn
  25. WUAGR
  26. False
  27. chunking
  28. Eight Cats Pink Cook
  29. 7
  30. 2598 3130 9710
  31. 275 264 3913
  32. flower
  33. 359 350 612
  34. 19/08/2016
  35. 323 048 462
  36. Every Lazy Play Aunty
  37. Eat Lions Pigs Ants
  38. 734 796 485
  39. rain
  40. True

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