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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 423 · 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.True or false: “light” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
  4. 4.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 563217023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 563 217 032 (b) 563 217 023 (c) 562 170 23 (d) 556 321 7023
  6. 6.True or false: “knock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
  8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) indigo (d) violet
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) rain (d) cake
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, doll, ant, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DAIR (b) RDAI (c) DRAI (d) IADR
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Ants Nine Silly All Every All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) All (c) Rani (d) Kids
  13. 13.📅 The digits 08091966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/919/66 (b) 08/0919/66 (c) 08/09/1966 (d) 0809/19/66
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, flute, tent, cat, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FITCB (b) BCTFI (c) FTCBI (d) IFTCB
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 353342787782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3533 4728 7782 (b) 3533 4427 87782 (c) 3533 4278 7782 (d) 3534 2787 782
  16. 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) tree (d) bell
  20. 20.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, drum, jeep, lemon, fan is “___ Dance Jolly Lions Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Eight (c) Grab (d) Cats
  22. 22.True or false: “fun” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  24. 24.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (c) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly
  26. 26.📅 The digits 08091992 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0809/19/92 (b) 080/919/92 (c) 08/0919/92 (d) 08/09/1992
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) cake (d) tree
  28. 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  29. 29.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
  30. 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Love Funny (b) Funny Love Sing Runs (c) Sing Runs Love Funny (d) Sing Love Funny Runs
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside ___ Goats Yum Only Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Green (c) Silly (d) All
  33. 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) clear (c) true (d) known
  34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a times-table rhyme (d) chunking
  35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bite (b) smell (c) wing (d) shell
  38. 38.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.✏️ 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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a list in a fixed order
  3. a silly, funny one
  4. True
  5. 563 217 023
  6. True
  7. splitting into groups
  8. indigo
  9. cake
  10. NESW
  11. RDAI
  12. All
  13. 08/09/1966
  14. IFTCB
  15. 3533 4278 7782
  16. March
  17. orange
  18. False
  19. tree
  20. 4
  21. Grab
  22. False
  23. what each letter means
  24. chunking
  25. Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
  26. 08/09/1992
  27. cake
  28. white
  29. an acronym
  30. initials match the list
  31. Runs Sing Love Funny
  32. Bunny
  33. true
  34. a first-letter sentence
  35. in the same order
  36. MVEMJSUN
  37. wing
  38. False
  39. True
  40. the letters make no word

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