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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 428 · 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 word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) cake (d) bell
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
  3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  4. 4.✏️ 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
  5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) collection
  6. 6.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5832212953. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 532 212 953 (b) 583 221 2953 (c) 588 322 12953 (d) 583 212 2953
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  11. 11.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  12. 12.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, fan, owl, banana, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBOFT (b) FTOBK (c) TFOBK (d) FOBKT
  16. 16.🧰 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
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, goat, fan? (a) Funny Green Very (b) Very Green Funny (c) Green Funny Very (d) Green Very Funny
  19. 19.📅 The digits 26011981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2601/19/81 (b) 26/0119/81 (c) 260/119/81 (d) 26/01/1981
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, glass, owl? (a) Green Bunny Old (b) Green Old Bunny (c) Bunny Green Old (d) Old Green Bunny
  21. 21.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, parrot, violin, banana, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PVBNL (b) NBVPL (c) LPVBN (d) PLVBN
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
  26. 26.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) chain (b) ring (c) write (d) lake
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 889558808. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 889 558 808 (b) 889 558 8088 (c) 889 558 088 (d) 889 558 08
  29. 29.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
  31. 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  32. 32.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  34. 34.📅 The digits 06112011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/120/11 (b) 06/1120/11 (c) 06/11/2011 (d) 0611/20/11
  35. 35.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, coconut, van? (a) Cats Toys Vans (b) Cats Vans Toys (c) Vans Cats Toys (d) Toys Cats Vans
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) root (d) flower
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bake (b) cane (c) shock (d) spring
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AANSAAE (c) ANSAEAA (d) AEASNAA
  40. 40.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bright (b) write (c) ton (d) lock

Answer key

  1. clock
  2. Pacific
  3. one word holds a list
  4. the letters make no word
  5. condensation
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a list in a fixed order
  9. 583 221 2953
  10. chunking
  11. Saturn
  12. False
  13. first letters as a word
  14. a first-letter sentence
  15. TFOBK
  16. chunking
  17. Seven Wise Goats
  18. Very Green Funny
  19. 26/01/1981
  20. Bunny Green Old
  21. a memory trick
  22. LPVBN
  23. VIBGYOR
  24. saffron
  25. RSLF
  26. 2
  27. write
  28. 889 558 808
  29. False
  30. means something to you
  31. three chunks, not ten
  32. True
  33. a silly, funny one
  34. 06/11/2011
  35. numbers and letter lists
  36. Toys Cats Vans
  37. stem
  38. cane
  39. AANSAEA
  40. lock

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