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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 414 · 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 north, east, south, west is “Nine Eight ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Toys (b) Silly (c) Neat (d) Wise
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) clock (d) rain
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  5. 5.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Sing Wet Neat (b) Every Neat Sing Wet (c) Neat Every Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Every Neat
  7. 7.🎵 Which word does “snake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) cake (d) sun
  8. 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) shell (b) cane (c) sing (d) bright
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) steps (c) tricks (d) games
  10. 10.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  11. 11.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) All Pink Love Eight (b) Love Pink All Eight (c) Love Eight Pink All (d) Eight Love Pink All
  14. 14.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  17. 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  19. 19.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) king (d) bell
  21. 21.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  22. 22.✏️ 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
  23. 23.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
  24. 24.📅 The digits 23041967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2304/19/67 (b) 230/419/67 (c) 23/0419/67 (d) 23/04/1967
  25. 25.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jolly (b) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (c) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny Mum Ants
  27. 27.📅 The digits 14012022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1401/20/22 (b) 14/0120/22 (c) 14/01/2022 (d) 140/120/22
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 707867807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 707 867 8077 (b) 707 678 07 (c) 707 867 087 (d) 707 867 807
  29. 29.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) king (d) sun
  31. 31.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) write (d) say
  32. 32.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All All Neat Silly Aunty Eight ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Under (c) All (d) Nine
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 279858971. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 279 858 971 (b) 279 858 8971 (c) 279 589 71 (d) 279 588 971
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Crazy Play Crazy (b) Crazy Eight Play Crazy (c) Eight Crazy Crazy Play (d) Crazy Play Crazy Eight
  37. 37.True or false: “train” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, fan, bucket, vase is “Ice Funny ___ Very”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Big (c) Kids (d) Green

Answer key

  1. Silly
  2. clock
  3. what each letter means
  4. a rhyme
  5. False
  6. Neat Every Sing Wet
  7. cake
  8. shell
  9. tricks
  10. the rainbow colours
  11. True
  12. False
  13. Eight Love Pink All
  14. 4
  15. True
  16. Venus
  17. a list in a fixed order
  18. leaf
  19. False
  20. cake
  21. 2
  22. the letters make no word
  23. numbers and letter lists
  24. 23/04/1967
  25. 19 and 47
  26. Jolly Funny Mum Ants
  27. 14/01/2022
  28. 707 867 807
  29. 5
  30. sun
  31. know
  32. precipitation
  33. night
  34. All
  35. 279 858 971
  36. Eight Crazy Play Crazy
  37. False
  38. an acronym
  39. VIBGYOR
  40. Big

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