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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 453 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, flute, banana? (a) Dance Funny Big (b) Funny Big Dance (c) Funny Dance Big (d) Big Funny Dance
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jump Mice All (b) Fly Mice All Jump (c) Jump Fly Mice All (d) All Mice Fly Jump
  3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) ton (c) done (d) bake
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, monkey, guava, violin, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MRGVB (b) MGVBR (c) BVGMR (d) RMGVB
  5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  6. 6.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 344908235116. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3449 0825 3116 (b) 3449 0823 5116 (c) 3449 0823 51116 (d) 3490 8235 116
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 361841887. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 361 844 1887 (b) 631 841 887 (c) 318 418 87 (d) 361 841 887
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 912108358. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 912 108 58 (b) 912 108 385 (c) 991 210 8358 (d) 912 108 358
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, kettle, tent, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KITF (b) KTFI (c) IKTF (d) FTKI
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, cat, fan, lemon is “Toys Cook ___ Lions”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ink (b) Fly (c) Uncle (d) Kids
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, candle, anchor, umpire, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SUACK (b) KCAUS (c) CAUSK (d) CKAUS
  15. 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
  16. 16.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) light (c) kite (d) bite
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  19. 19.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  21. 21.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Funny Mum All (b) Funny Jolly Mum All (c) All Mum Funny Jolly (d) Funny Mum All Jolly
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, lamp, violin, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DVLW (b) WLVD (c) LWVD (d) LVDW
  24. 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a long story
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, orange, sock, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSUB (b) OBSU (c) BOSU (d) USOB
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) wing (c) spring (d) ring
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) spring (c) ring (d) shock
  28. 28.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
  30. 30.📅 The digits 04111962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/11/1962 (b) 0411/19/62 (c) 04/1119/62 (d) 041/119/62
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, mirror, tomato? (a) My Toys Wins (b) Toys My Wins (c) Wins My Toys (d) My Wins Toys
  32. 32.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📅 The digits 17102006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1710/20/06 (b) 171/020/06 (c) 17/10/2006 (d) 17/1020/06
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) plane (c) main (d) chain
  38. 38.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Green Sing (b) Sing Wins Green (c) Green Wins Sing (d) Wins Sing Green
  40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

Answer key

  1. Dance Funny Big
  2. Jump Fly Mice All
  3. bake
  4. RMGVB
  5. an acronym
  6. numbers and letter lists
  7. 3449 0823 5116
  8. 361 841 887
  9. larva
  10. 912 108 358
  11. IKTF
  12. Fly
  13. NESW
  14. KCAUS
  15. splitting into groups
  16. True
  17. rock
  18. JFMA
  19. True
  20. the rainbow colours
  21. the letters make no word
  22. Jolly Funny Mum All
  23. WLVD
  24. a list in a fixed order
  25. BOSU
  26. wake
  27. shock
  28. True
  29. Earth
  30. 04/11/1962
  31. Wins My Toys
  32. blue
  33. True
  34. 17/10/2006
  35. a silly, funny one
  36. chunking
  37. bun
  38. means something to you
  39. Sing Wins Green
  40. 7

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