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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 373 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “one” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, inkpot, glass, watch, tent is “Dogs ___ Green Wet Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Ink (c) Goats (d) Red
  4. 4.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
  5. 5.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
  7. 7.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) never say it (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
  8. 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
  9. 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Seven (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Seven Wins Green (d) Wins Seven Green
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, fan, guava, pencil, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FAGPR (b) RPGFA (c) AFGPR (d) FGPRA
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) WGS
  12. 12.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, urn, banana? (a) Uncle Aunty Bunny (b) Uncle Bunny Aunty (c) Aunty Uncle Bunny (d) Bunny Uncle Aunty
  15. 15.📅 The digits 25011982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2501/19/82 (b) 250/119/82 (c) 25/0119/82 (d) 25/01/1982
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, doll, pillow, banana, monkey is “Wise Dance Pigs ___ My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Inside (c) Bakes (d) Frogs
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, doll, lemon, pencil, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DCLPM (b) CDLPM (c) MPLDC (d) DLPMC
  18. 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) one (b) swing (c) bright (d) well
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) main (c) lane (d) brain
  20. 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Nine Seven Wise (b) Eight Seven Wise Nine (c) Nine Eight Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eight Nine
  22. 22.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, whistle, glass, kite, ladder is “Pigs ___ Goats Kind Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Eight (c) Under (d) Wins
  24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) larva (c) egg (d) adult
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) tree (d) sun
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, coconut, glass, drum, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CNGDT (b) TDGCN (c) CGDTN (d) NCGDT
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ink Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Fly (c) Kites (d) Aunty
  29. 29.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) violet (d) indigo
  30. 30.📅 The digits 15121963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/12/1963 (b) 1512/19/63 (c) 151/219/63 (d) 15/1219/63
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) shock (c) block (d) sock
  32. 32.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
  33. 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Goats (b) Goats Wins Seven (c) Wins Goats Seven (d) Seven Wins Goats
  35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shock (b) knock (c) sock (d) main
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
  37. 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  38. 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, ball, rose, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBRM (b) MRBK (c) BKRM (d) BRMK
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) clock (d) night
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants (b) Frogs Jeeps Mum Ants (c) Frogs Mum Ants Jeeps (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jeeps

Answer key

  1. in the same order
  2. sun
  3. Ink
  4. tree
  5. 4
  6. a rhyme
  7. say it aloud often
  8. the letters make no word
  9. Seven Wins Green
  10. AFGPR
  11. SWG
  12. an acronym
  13. king
  14. Aunty Uncle Bunny
  15. 25/01/1982
  16. Bakes
  17. CDLPM
  18. swing
  19. wake
  20. the rainbow colours
  21. Nine Eight Seven Wise
  22. 7
  23. Wins
  24. pupa
  25. bell
  26. NCGDT
  27. an acronym
  28. Aunty
  29. orange
  30. 15/12/1963
  31. plane
  32. splitting into groups
  33. one word holds a list
  34. Seven Wins Goats
  35. main
  36. PAISA
  37. a list in a fixed order
  38. KBRM
  39. clock
  40. Jeeps Frogs Mum Ants

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