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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 4 · 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) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
  2. 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) say (c) write (d) learn
  3. 3.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, guava, vase? (a) Very Green Jeeps (b) Green Very Jeeps (c) Green Jeeps Very (d) Jeeps Green Very
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  6. 6.✏️ 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
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
  8. 8.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) won (c) bun (d) smell
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) North America (d) Australia
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mirror, rose, ladder? (a) Love Rani My (b) My Rani Love (c) Rani Love My (d) Rani My Love
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, mango, kettle, watch, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BMKWS (b) SWKMB (c) MKWSB (d) MBKWS
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Inside Bakes Goats Yaks Old Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Runs (c) Vines (d) Funny
  14. 14.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, lemon, violin? (a) Lazy Jolly Very (b) Very Lazy Jolly (c) Jolly Lazy Very (d) Lazy Very Jolly
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, coconut, duck? (a) Dance Crazy Pigs (b) Crazy Dance Pigs (c) Crazy Pigs Dance (d) Pigs Crazy Dance
  18. 18.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
  19. 19.📅 The digits 07021952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/0219/52 (b) 0702/19/52 (c) 07/02/1952 (d) 070/219/52
  20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) RSLF
  22. 22.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, anchor, sock, lemon, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASLPD (b) PLSAD (c) ADSLP (d) DASLP
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 363155229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 336 155 229 (b) 631 552 29 (c) 366 315 5229 (d) 363 155 229
  25. 25.📅 The digits 24062004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2406/20/04 (b) 24/06/2004 (c) 24/0620/04 (d) 240/620/04
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 3201070005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 107 00005 (b) 230 107 0005 (c) 320 070 005 (d) 320 107 0005
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.📅 The digits 07111962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 071/119/62 (b) 0711/19/62 (c) 07/1119/62 (d) 07/11/1962
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) egg (d) adult
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Pink Cats (b) Cats Pink Cats Every (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Every Pink Cats
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  32. 32.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Frogs (b) Seven Lions Frogs Runs (c) Frogs Lions Seven Runs (d) Runs Seven Lions Frogs
  34. 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
  35. 35.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) rain (c) king (d) bell
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) won (c) knee (d) fun
  38. 38.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  40. 40.📅 The digits 22051954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/05/1954 (b) 2205/19/54 (c) 22/0519/54 (d) 220/519/54

Answer key

  1. in the same order
  2. know
  3. initials match the list
  4. Jeeps Green Very
  5. Mercury
  6. the letters make no word
  7. a silly, funny one
  8. three chunks, not ten
  9. smell
  10. North America
  11. My Rani Love
  12. BMKWS
  13. Vines
  14. Pacific
  15. Jolly Lazy Very
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. Pigs Crazy Dance
  18. 19 and 47
  19. 07/02/1952
  20. chunking
  21. RSLF
  22. an acronym
  23. DASLP
  24. 363 155 229
  25. 24/06/2004
  26. 320 107 0005
  27. 7
  28. 07/11/1962
  29. egg
  30. Every Cats Pink Cats
  31. MVEMJSUN
  32. True
  33. Runs Seven Lions Frogs
  34. chunking
  35. 5
  36. night
  37. knee
  38. True
  39. green
  40. 22/05/1954

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