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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 440 · 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.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
  2. 2.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, shoe, drum, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDSF (b) SFDI (c) FSDI (d) SDIF
  4. 4.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, candle, anchor, ice cream, fan is “___ Crazy Aunty Inside Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Jump (c) Runs (d) Nani
  6. 6.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a picture
  8. 8.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  9. 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 717580855. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 717 580 855 (b) 771 758 0855 (c) 717 850 855 (d) 717 808 55
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Love (c) Ice (d) Wise
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My Ants (b) Ants My Funny Jeeps (c) Funny My Ants Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My Ants
  14. 14.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  15. 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 473631558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 743 631 558 (b) 473 615 58 (c) 473 631 5558 (d) 473 631 558
  17. 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) clock (d) king
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) run (c) fun (d) bun
  23. 23.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  24. 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
  25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Frogs Love Sing Runs (b) Sing Runs Love Frogs (c) Sing Love Frogs Runs (d) Runs Sing Love Frogs
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, anchor, candle, bucket, wallet. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBCAG (b) GACBW (c) ACBWG (d) AGCBW
  28. 28.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 7901259946. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 125 9496 (b) 790 125 9946 (c) 901 259 946 (d) 790 012 59946
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) shake (b) lane (c) light (d) rake
  32. 32.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  33. 33.True or false: “sing” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) sea (c) run (d) won
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, umbrella, kite? (a) Up Dogs Kites (b) Up Kites Dogs (c) Kites Up Dogs (d) Dogs Up Kites
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  37. 37.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) no rhythm at all (d) a beat or a tune
  38. 38.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  39. 39.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  40. 40.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. means something to you
  2. January
  3. FSDI
  4. sun
  5. Jump
  6. Earth
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. one word holds a list
  9. 4
  10. 717 580 855
  11. Eat
  12. a silly, funny one
  13. Jeeps Funny My Ants
  14. the letters make no word
  15. splitting into groups
  16. 473 631 558
  17. egg
  18. True
  19. bell
  20. 19 and 47
  21. a first-letter sentence
  22. free
  23. 9
  24. done
  25. first letters as a word
  26. Runs Sing Love Frogs
  27. GACBW
  28. chunking
  29. 790 125 9946
  30. chunking
  31. light
  32. initials match the list
  33. True
  34. sea
  35. Dogs Up Kites
  36. an acronym
  37. a beat or a tune
  38. 5
  39. what each letter means
  40. True

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