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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 388 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
  2. 2.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jeeps (b) All My Fly Jeeps (c) Jeeps Fly My All (d) Fly Jeeps My All
  4. 4.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, watch, ant, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWAI (b) WGAI (c) WAIG (d) IAWG
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, apple, onion, jug, shoe is “Uncle Aunty Owls Jolly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Green (c) Silly (d) Wins
  7. 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) bright (c) kite (d) bite
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, doll, lemon, ant, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DLAPN (b) DNLAP (c) NDLAP (d) PALDN
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 681795242127. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6817 5242 127 (b) 6817 9524 2127 (c) 6817 9254 2127 (d) 6817 9524 21277
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 808317837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 808 378 37 (b) 808 317 7837 (c) 808 317 837 (d) 088 317 837
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, banana, kite, ant is “Red ___ Kites Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Kind (c) Jeeps (d) Bunny
  15. 15.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  16. 16.📅 The digits 20021951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2002/19/51 (b) 20/0219/51 (c) 200/219/51 (d) 20/02/1951
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 7612311316. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 762 311 316 (b) 761 231 1316 (c) 762 131 1316 (d) 761 231 13316
  18. 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a type of exam
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 7173521291. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 713 752 1291 (b) 717 335 21291 (c) 717 352 1291 (d) 717 521 291
  20. 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) games (d) tricks
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Aunty Mum Fly Jeeps (c) Fly Mum Aunty Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Nine (c) Yaks (d) Seven
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, pillow, monkey? (a) Pigs My Dance (b) Pigs Dance My (c) Dance Pigs My (d) My Pigs Dance
  24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, rose, violin, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RAVM (b) MVRA (c) RVMA (d) ARVM
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) done (c) bun (d) lane
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) ELPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
  28. 28.📅 The digits 28021954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2802/19/54 (b) 280/219/54 (c) 28/0219/54 (d) 28/02/1954
  29. 29.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (b) Eat Crazy Pink Cats (c) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (d) Cats Pink Crazy Eat
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wins Nani (b) Wins Seven Every Nani (c) Every Nani Seven Wins (d) Nani Every Seven Wins
  32. 32.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  33. 33.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) light (c) shell (d) kite
  35. 35.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) star (d) world
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) run (c) bite (d) ton
  37. 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum All (b) Jeeps Frogs Mum All (c) Frogs Mum All Jeeps (d) All Mum Frogs Jeeps
  39. 39.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  40. 40.🧰 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

Answer key

  1. a silly, funny one
  2. the rainbow colours
  3. Jeeps Fly My All
  4. False
  5. GWAI
  6. Silly
  7. sea
  8. NDLAP
  9. 6817 9524 2127
  10. NESW
  11. in the same order
  12. 808 317 837
  13. one word holds a list
  14. Bunny
  15. larva
  16. 20/02/1951
  17. 761 231 1316
  18. a memory trick
  19. 717 352 1291
  20. tricks
  21. Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
  22. Seven
  23. Dance Pigs My
  24. adult
  25. ARVM
  26. lane
  27. ELPA
  28. 28/02/1954
  29. splitting into groups
  30. Eat Crazy Pink Cats
  31. Nani Every Seven Wins
  32. Neptune
  33. white
  34. shell
  35. one
  36. bite
  37. a list in a fixed order
  38. Jeeps Frogs Mum All
  39. 7
  40. a first-letter sentence

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