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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 471 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) one (d) star
  4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) smell (c) fun (d) bun
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, parrot, frog, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CFPN (b) NPFC (c) PFCN (d) PNFC
  7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 1446766711. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 144 676 66711 (b) 144 666 711 (c) 144 676 6711 (d) 144 676 7611
  10. 10.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) bell (d) cake
  12. 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  14. 14.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wise Green (b) Wise Green Seven (c) Wise Seven Green (d) Green Wise Seven
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Eat Neat (c) Neat Eat Seven Wise (d) Eat Seven Wise Neat
  17. 17.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, jeep, anchor? (a) Dad Jeeps Ants (b) Ants Jeeps Dad (c) Jeeps Ants Dad (d) Jeeps Dad Ants
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Fly My Aunty (b) Fly My Aunty Jeeps (c) Fly Jeeps My Aunty (d) Aunty My Fly Jeeps
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, banana, tomato? (a) Big Frogs Toys (b) Toys Big Frogs (c) Big Toys Frogs (d) Frogs Big Toys
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  24. 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) games (c) songs (d) tricks
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Play Cook (b) Cats Play Cook Eight (c) Cats Eight Play Cook (d) Cook Play Cats Eight
  26. 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  28. 28.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) date chunks (d) chunking
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) well (c) smell (d) shell
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wins Green (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Green Wins Seven (d) Wins Green Seven
  32. 32.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  33. 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bright (b) one (c) wing (d) lake
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Wet (c) Kids (d) Cook
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) bright (c) white (d) rock
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, cat, needle? (a) Bakes Cats Neat (b) Cats Neat Bakes (c) Cats Bakes Neat (d) Neat Cats Bakes
  37. 37.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) shell (b) brain (c) kite (d) rake
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ

Answer key

  1. an acronym
  2. in the same order
  3. one
  4. 6
  5. smell
  6. NPFC
  7. a memory trick
  8. bell
  9. 144 676 6711
  10. numbers and letter lists
  11. cake
  12. white
  13. SWG
  14. what each letter means
  15. Seven Wise Green
  16. Neat Eat Seven Wise
  17. a rhyme
  18. an acronym
  19. chunking
  20. Dad Jeeps Ants
  21. Jeeps Fly My Aunty
  22. Frogs Big Toys
  23. a silly, funny one
  24. tricks
  25. Eight Cats Play Cook
  26. a list in a fixed order
  27. first letters as a word
  28. a first-letter sentence
  29. MVEMJSUN
  30. write
  31. Seven Wins Green
  32. 5
  33. lake
  34. Wet
  35. rock
  36. Bakes Cats Neat
  37. 8
  38. kite
  39. Earth
  40. JFMA

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