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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 409 · 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.📅 The digits 28031970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/03/1970 (b) 28/0319/70 (c) 280/319/70 (d) 2803/19/70
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, guava, rose, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRGU (b) GURW (c) GRWU (d) UGRW
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 714942591. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 714 944 2591 (b) 749 425 91 (c) 714 942 591 (d) 741 942 591
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mice Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Only (c) Jeeps (d) Dogs
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) sun (d) rain
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
  8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  9. 9.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) VIBGYOR
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 820777101049. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8207 7711 01049 (b) 8207 7710 1049 (c) 2807 7710 1049 (d) 2077 7101 049
  12. 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) smell (c) tell (d) thing
  13. 13.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
  14. 14.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) west (b) east (c) north (d) south
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 387146620561. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3871 4666 20561 (b) 8371 4662 0561 (c) 3871 4660 561 (d) 3871 4662 0561
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, parrot, igloo? (a) Ink Pink Fly (b) Pink Ink Fly (c) Pink Fly Ink (d) Fly Pink Ink
  17. 17.📅 The digits 12091984 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/0919/84 (b) 1209/19/84 (c) 12/09/1984 (d) 120/919/84
  18. 18.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
  19. 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
  20. 20.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  21. 21.📅 The digits 20011994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2001/19/94 (b) 200/119/94 (c) 20/0119/94 (d) 20/01/1994
  22. 22.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
  25. 25.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, goat, orange? (a) Green Only Pink (b) Green Pink Only (c) Pink Green Only (d) Only Green Pink
  27. 27.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My All Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps My All (c) All My Fly Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly My All
  29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) cold (c) long (d) fast
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) bite (c) bright (d) spell
  31. 31.📅 The digits 11102013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1110/20/13 (b) 111/020/13 (c) 11/1020/13 (d) 11/10/2013
  32. 32.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  33. 33.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  34. 34.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ink ___ Grab Yum Old Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Dance (c) Bakes (d) Nani
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, candle, wallet, guava, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OCWGL (b) COWGL (c) LGWCO (d) CWGLO
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umbrella, net, onion, tiger is “___ Nine Owls Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Under (c) Dogs (d) Green
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 576707010440. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5767 0701 4040 (b) 5767 0700 440 (c) 5767 0701 04440 (d) 5767 0701 0440
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Pigs Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Goats (c) Every (d) Nine
  40. 40.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 28/03/1970
  2. UGRW
  3. 714 942 591
  4. Jeeps
  5. a first-letter sentence
  6. clock
  7. SWG
  8. 9
  9. a first-letter sentence
  10. VIBGYOR
  11. 8207 7710 1049
  12. thing
  13. three chunks, not ten
  14. east
  15. 3871 4662 0561
  16. Fly Pink Ink
  17. 12/09/1984
  18. initials match the list
  19. true
  20. a list in a fixed order
  21. 20/01/1994
  22. True
  23. True
  24. the letters make no word
  25. numbers and letter lists
  26. Pink Green Only
  27. 5
  28. Jeeps Fly My All
  29. free
  30. spell
  31. 11/10/2013
  32. green
  33. MVEMJSUN
  34. saffron
  35. Bakes
  36. OCWGL
  37. Under
  38. 5767 0701 0440
  39. Every
  40. False

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