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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 386 · 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.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 2748990986. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 899 0986 (b) 274 889 90986 (c) 274 899 098 (d) 247 899 0986
  3. 3.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, net, whistle, tent, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JTWNR (b) NRWTJ (c) RNWTJ (d) NWTJR
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eight ___ Jeeps Silly Under Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Play (c) Mum (d) Cook
  6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) kite (b) fight (c) main (d) shell
  7. 7.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  9. 9.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) south (d) west
  10. 10.True or false: “main” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) saying it once quietly (c) a beat or a tune (d) writing it tiny
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, duck, lamp? (a) Lazy Dance My (b) My Dance Lazy (c) Dance My Lazy (d) Dance Lazy My
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) cake (d) night
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, banana, pillow? (a) Pink Bakes Uncle (b) Bakes Pink Uncle (c) Bakes Uncle Pink (d) Uncle Bakes Pink
  15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) tree (d) clock
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  18. 18.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a maths sum
  19. 19.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 205868557. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 586 8557 (b) 205 865 57 (c) 025 868 557 (d) 205 868 557
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LPAE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  22. 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  24. 24.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  26. 26.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Play Crazy (b) Crazy Play Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Play Crazy (d) Cook Play Crazy Eight
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 976127009099. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9761 2070 9099 (b) 9761 2700 909 (c) 9761 2700 09099 (d) 9761 2700 9099
  32. 32.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) swing (c) brain (d) thing
  35. 35.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) sing (c) bright (d) wing
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) bell (d) sun
  38. 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  39. 39.📅 The digits 14071981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1407/19/81 (b) 140/719/81 (c) 14/07/1981 (d) 14/0719/81
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, shoe, watch, net, jalebi is “Frogs Sing Wise Nine ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Bunny (c) Crazy (d) Jump

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 274 899 0986
  3. means something to you
  4. RNWTJ
  5. Mum
  6. shell
  7. a rhyme
  8. ECPC
  9. west
  10. True
  11. a beat or a tune
  12. My Dance Lazy
  13. king
  14. Uncle Bakes Pink
  15. 7
  16. clock
  17. NESW
  18. a list in a fixed order
  19. three chunks, not ten
  20. 205 868 557
  21. ELPA
  22. first letters as a word
  23. a first-letter sentence
  24. True
  25. 3
  26. initials match the list
  27. AANSAEA
  28. chunking
  29. larva
  30. Eight Cook Play Crazy
  31. 9761 2700 9099
  32. 5
  33. a rhyme
  34. brain
  35. 2
  36. bright
  37. bell
  38. one word holds a list
  39. 14/07/1981
  40. Jump

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