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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 445 · 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 19082020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1908/20/20 (b) 190/820/20 (c) 19/0820/20 (d) 19/08/2020
  2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  3. 3.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) rain
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Grab (b) Grab Wise Sing (c) Sing Wise Grab (d) Wise Grab Sing
  8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside Big Goats Yaks Old ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Jeeps (c) Ants (d) Nani
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 729948924. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 948 924 (b) 729 498 924 (c) 729 948 9224 (d) 799 489 24
  10. 10.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
  11. 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sell (b) main (c) shake (d) ring
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, banana, net, rope, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BINRV (b) IBNRV (c) BNRVI (d) VRNBI
  13. 13.📅 The digits 23041957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0419/57 (b) 23/04/1957 (c) 2304/19/57 (d) 230/419/57
  14. 14.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
  15. 15.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Silly Runs (b) Silly Love Funny Runs (c) Runs Silly Love Funny (d) Silly Runs Love Funny
  17. 17.True or false: “brain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) NESW (c) ENSW (d) ESWN
  19. 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 133150149781. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1331 5014 49781 (b) 1335 0149 781 (c) 1331 5014 9781 (d) 1331 5104 9781
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 407998022886. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4079 9802 22886 (b) 4079 9820 2886 (c) 4079 9802 2886 (d) 0799 8022 886
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) South America (d) Antarctica
  24. 24.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wake (b) well (c) chain (d) knock
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) fun (c) wake (d) ton
  28. 28.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
  29. 29.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) planet (c) star (d) one
  30. 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  31. 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) tell (c) well (d) shell
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Silly Every Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wins (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Nani
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: wallet, bucket, fan, mirror. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MFBW (b) BWFM (c) WBFM (d) BFMW
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) cake
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My ___ Eat Mice Jeeps Silly Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Love (c) Owls (d) Yaks
  37. 37.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
  38. 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny Goats ___ Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yum (b) Toys (c) Jeeps (d) Runs
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Silly Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Vans (c) Eat (d) Red

Answer key

  1. 19/08/2020
  2. an acronym
  3. 5
  4. in the same order
  5. ELPA
  6. king
  7. Sing Wise Grab
  8. Rani
  9. 729 948 924
  10. a rhyme
  11. ring
  12. IBNRV
  13. 23/04/1957
  14. a memory trick
  15. initials match the list
  16. Runs Silly Love Funny
  17. True
  18. NESW
  19. Neptune
  20. 1331 5014 9781
  21. 4079 9802 2886
  22. chunking
  23. South America
  24. the rainbow colours
  25. a silly, funny one
  26. well
  27. wake
  28. numbers and letter lists
  29. one
  30. what each letter means
  31. splitting into groups
  32. bun
  33. Nani Every Silly Wins
  34. WBFM
  35. cake
  36. Very
  37. the letters make no word
  38. one word holds a list
  39. Yum
  40. Red

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