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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 450 · 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 “plane” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) bell (d) rain
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 5272762073. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 527 276 62073 (b) 527 276 2037 (c) 527 276 2073 (d) 272 762 073
  4. 4.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  5. 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
  6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) smell (b) run (c) free (d) wake
  7. 7.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
  8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) blue (b) orange (c) indigo (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “write” rhyme with? (a) night (b) clock (c) rain (d) sun
  11. 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bake (b) sock (c) shell (d) train
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, bucket, igloo? (a) Big Kind Ice (b) Kind Big Ice (c) Big Ice Kind (d) Ice Big Kind
  14. 14.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Seven Wet (b) Eight Seven Wet Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wet (d) Wet Seven Eight Neat
  16. 16.📅 The digits 08061959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/619/59 (b) 08/06/1959 (c) 08/0619/59 (d) 0806/19/59
  17. 17.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
  19. 19.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  20. 20.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) pupa (d) egg
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for duck, cat, umbrella, radio, lemon is “___ Crazy Up Rani Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Cook (c) Wise (d) Jolly
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 670909852. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 670 909 852 (b) 670 909 8852 (c) 670 098 52 (d) 670 909 582
  24. 24.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) sea (c) key (d) chain
  26. 26.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
  27. 27.📅 The digits 15091953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1509/19/53 (b) 15/0919/53 (c) 150/919/53 (d) 15/09/1953
  28. 28.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 653965929270. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6539 6592 9270 (b) 6539 5929 270 (c) 6653 9659 29270 (d) 6539 6592 9207
  30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 2570997152. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 570 997 152 (b) 250 799 7152 (c) 257 099 7152 (d) 257 009 97152
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
  33. 33.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, pencil, jug, inkpot, guava is “Wise Pigs Jolly Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Grab (c) Nani (d) Yaks
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  36. 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) known (b) right (c) true (d) clear
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, ball, umbrella, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUBV (b) VBUG (c) BUGV (d) BVUG
  38. 38.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does “bun” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 387341175419. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3873 4117 5419 (b) 3873 4111 75419 (c) 3873 4117 541 (d) 3874 3117 5419

Answer key

  1. rain
  2. sun
  3. 527 276 2073
  4. 4
  5. free
  6. free
  7. 19 and 47
  8. blue
  9. False
  10. night
  11. train
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. Kind Big Ice
  14. initials match the list
  15. Neat Eight Seven Wet
  16. 08/06/1959
  17. April
  18. a silly, funny one
  19. 4
  20. adult
  21. Dogs
  22. in the same order
  23. 670 909 852
  24. red
  25. chain
  26. a first-letter sentence
  27. 15/09/1953
  28. 6
  29. 6539 6592 9270
  30. a rhyme
  31. 257 099 7152
  32. violet
  33. a first-letter sentence
  34. Grab
  35. MVEMJSUN
  36. true
  37. VBUG
  38. the letters make no word
  39. sun
  40. 3873 4117 5419

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