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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 382 · 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 for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Very ___ Mum Jolly Seven Uncle Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Nine (c) Jump (d) Eat
  2. 2.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 996071302399. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9960 7130 2399 (b) 9996 0713 02399 (c) 9960 7102 399 (d) 9960 7103 2399
  4. 4.📅 The digits 15091962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0919/62 (b) 1509/19/62 (c) 15/09/1962 (d) 150/919/62
  5. 5.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  6. 6.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  7. 7.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Seven Wise (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Wise Seven Eat Nani (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
  9. 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  10. 10.True or false: “white” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 574103742. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 574 103 742 (b) 574 410 3742 (c) 574 013 742 (d) 574 103 72
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 395045767886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3950 4756 7886 (b) 3955 0457 67886 (c) 3950 4576 7886 (d) 3904 5767 886
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ink Big Grab Yaks ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Owls (c) Eat (d) Mum
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 6202525042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 620 525 042 (b) 622 052 5042 (c) 620 225 25042 (d) 620 252 5042
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) shell (c) sell (d) sing
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) tree (d) bell
  18. 18.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
  19. 19.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs Silly ___ Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Lions (c) Eat (d) Pigs
  21. 21.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  22. 22.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) more (d) twice
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jeeps Funny ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Frogs (c) Sing (d) Ants
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) bell (d) night
  26. 26.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  28. 28.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 500865750. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 500 865 7750 (b) 500 865 75 (c) 500 865 750 (d) 508 065 750
  30. 30.📅 The digits 19021985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/02/1985 (b) 190/219/85 (c) 19/0219/85 (d) 1902/19/85
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, ant, cat? (a) Ants Ice Cats (b) Ants Cats Ice (c) Cats Ants Ice (d) Ice Ants Cats
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 9622070164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 207 0164 (b) 962 270 0164 (c) 962 207 01664 (d) 962 207 016
  34. 34.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
  35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Only (b) Goats (c) Big (d) Love
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jug, pencil, bucket, shoe is “Jeeps Pigs Bakes ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Seven (c) Bunny (d) Very
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  39. 39.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  40. 40.📅 The digits 26081970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0819/70 (b) 26/08/1970 (c) 260/819/70 (d) 2608/19/70

Answer key

  1. Eat
  2. 8
  3. 9960 7130 2399
  4. 15/09/1962
  5. egg
  6. what each letter means
  7. False
  8. Nani Eat Seven Wise
  9. 4
  10. False
  11. 574 103 742
  12. 3950 4576 7886
  13. ELPA
  14. Owls
  15. 620 252 5042
  16. sing
  17. rain
  18. chunking
  19. True
  20. Lions
  21. Jupiter
  22. False
  23. more
  24. Mice
  25. king
  26. 19 and 47
  27. first letters as a word
  28. False
  29. 500 865 750
  30. 19/02/1985
  31. JFMA
  32. Ice Ants Cats
  33. 962 207 0164
  34. true
  35. Goats
  36. Seven
  37. MVEMJSUN
  38. NESW
  39. one word holds a list
  40. 26/08/1970

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