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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 432 · 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 19012022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0120/22 (b) 19/01/2022 (c) 1901/20/22 (d) 190/120/22
  2. 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) clear (d) true
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  4. 4.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  5. 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sea (b) won (c) bake (d) wing
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eat (c) Eat Love Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eat
  7. 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) lock (b) wing (c) sing (d) ring
  8. 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
  9. 9.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 803999084. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 803 999 0884 (b) 830 999 084 (c) 803 999 084 (d) 803 990 84
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) SWG
  14. 14.📅 The digits 06022012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/02/2012 (b) 060/220/12 (c) 0602/20/12 (d) 06/0220/12
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Ants Jump (b) Ants My Frogs Jump (c) Jump Frogs My Ants (d) Frogs Jump My Ants
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) rake (c) white (d) kite
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Seven Lions Funny (b) Funny Lions Seven Rani (c) Seven Rani Lions Funny (d) Seven Lions Funny Rani
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 333069663. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 333 609 663 (b) 333 069 663 (c) 333 069 63 (d) 333 066 9663
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Cook Eight (b) Cats Eight Pigs Cook (c) Eight Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Cats Eight
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) rain (d) tree
  22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 802892229506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8028 9229 506 (b) 8028 9222 99506 (c) 8028 9222 9506 (d) 8082 9222 9506
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bite (b) wake (c) plane (d) shake
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, nest, wallet, igloo, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NWIKM (b) NMWIK (c) MNWIK (d) KIWNM
  26. 26.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
  27. 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
  28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Indian
  30. 30.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  31. 31.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Every Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Love Every (c) Love Pink Aunty Every (d) Every Love Pink Aunty
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, apple, coconut, jeep, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVCJN (b) NJCAV (c) VACJN (d) ACJNV
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) bell (d) sun
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does “shock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) king (d) tree
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Silly (b) Wins Green Silly (c) Wins Silly Green (d) Silly Wins Green
  38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 19/01/2022
  2. true
  3. MVEMJSUN
  4. initials match the list
  5. won
  6. Eat Love Play Ants
  7. lock
  8. splitting into groups
  9. False
  10. 2
  11. 803 999 084
  12. chunking
  13. SWG
  14. 06/02/2012
  15. Jump Frogs My Ants
  16. red
  17. rake
  18. Rani Seven Lions Funny
  19. 333 069 663
  20. Eight Cats Pigs Cook
  21. rain
  22. pupa
  23. 8028 9222 9506
  24. plane
  25. MNWIK
  26. the letters make no word
  27. three chunks, not ten
  28. a list in a fixed order
  29. Indian
  30. larva
  31. a beat or a tune
  32. NESW
  33. Every Love Pink Aunty
  34. VACJN
  35. cake
  36. clock
  37. Silly Wins Green
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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