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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 42 · 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 helps you remember this list, in order: apple, whistle, igloo? (a) Wins Ants Ice (b) Ice Wins Ants (c) Ants Wins Ice (d) Wins Ice Ants
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) violet (d) blue
  3. 3.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  4. 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) plane (b) won (c) rake (d) light
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
  6. 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, drum, ball? (a) Big Dance My (b) Dance Big My (c) My Dance Big (d) Dance My Big
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 7426124214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 742 612 4214 (b) 426 124 214 (c) 742 661 24214 (d) 724 612 4214
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  10. 10.🔤 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
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, nest, jalebi, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NGJK (b) GNJK (c) NJKG (d) KJNG
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, flute, parrot, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FPCW (b) CPFW (c) WFPC (d) FWPC
  14. 14.🔤 “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
  15. 15.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, banana, flute? (a) Bunny Silly Frogs (b) Frogs Bunny Silly (c) Bunny Frogs Silly (d) Silly Bunny Frogs
  17. 17.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) brain (c) thing (d) ring
  20. 20.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eight Pink Crazy (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Eight Cook Pink Crazy (d) Crazy Pink Cook Eight
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  24. 24.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) nothing at all (d) an acronym word
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) king (d) clock
  26. 26.📅 The digits 18032008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/320/08 (b) 18/0320/08 (c) 1803/20/08 (d) 18/03/2008
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, tiger, violin? (a) Pink Toys Vines (b) Vines Toys Pink (c) Toys Pink Vines (d) Toys Vines Pink
  28. 28.📅 The digits 21092016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 210/920/16 (b) 21/0920/16 (c) 2109/20/16 (d) 21/09/2016
  29. 29.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  31. 31.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) leaf (b) stem (c) flower (d) root
  32. 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Funny Jeeps
  34. 34.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, lemon, violin? (a) Love Vans Bunny (b) Bunny Love Vans (c) Love Bunny Vans (d) Vans Love Bunny
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 293998410151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2939 9841 0151 (b) 2939 9841 01551 (c) 2939 8410 151 (d) 2939 9814 0151
  38. 38.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, apple, glass? (a) Ants Bunny Grab (b) Bunny Ants Grab (c) Grab Ants Bunny (d) Ants Grab Bunny

Answer key

  1. Ants Wins Ice
  2. green
  3. condensation
  4. plane
  5. a silly, funny one
  6. the letters make no word
  7. My Dance Big
  8. 742 612 4214
  9. one word holds a list
  10. SWG
  11. VIBGYOR
  12. GNJK
  13. WFPC
  14. saffron
  15. 5
  16. Silly Bunny Frogs
  17. 19 and 47
  18. an acronym
  19. brain
  20. means something to you
  21. Eight Cook Pink Crazy
  22. AANSAEA
  23. in the same order
  24. a first-letter sentence
  25. bell
  26. 18/03/2008
  27. Pink Toys Vines
  28. 21/09/2016
  29. 2
  30. a rhyme
  31. stem
  32. what each letter means
  33. Jeeps Funny My Aunty
  34. numbers and letter lists
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. Bunny Love Vans
  37. 2939 9841 0151
  38. 2
  39. a rhyme
  40. Bunny Ants Grab

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