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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 48 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jolly (b) Jolly Funny My Aunty (c) Funny My Aunty Jolly (d) Funny Jolly My Aunty
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) JFMA (c) FJMA (d) AMFJ
  4. 4.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
  5. 5.🧰 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
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wake (b) rake (c) shake (d) run
  7. 7.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  8. 8.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “key” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) tree (d) rain
  11. 11.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
  12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) star (c) world (d) planet
  13. 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) again (c) twice (d) fast
  14. 14.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
  15. 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) block (b) shake (c) run (d) ring
  16. 16.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, ball, onion, duck is “Wise Big ___ Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Grab (c) Under (d) Owls
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines ___ Big Goats Yaks Owls Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Vines (c) Aunty (d) Wise
  19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mango, candle, parrot, doll, van is “My ___ Pigs Dance Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Jump (c) Red (d) Cats
  23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  24. 24.📅 The digits 05121955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/12/1955 (b) 051/219/55 (c) 0512/19/55 (d) 05/1219/55
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 8938286383. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 893 828 683 (b) 893 828 6383 (c) 893 822 86383 (d) 898 328 6383
  26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
  27. 27.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
  29. 29.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 8 (N) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  30. 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Sing (c) Every (d) Ink
  31. 31.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, fan, radio? (a) Runs Frogs Kites (b) Frogs Kites Runs (c) Kites Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Runs Kites
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, apple, jeep? (a) Pink All Jump (b) All Jump Pink (c) All Pink Jump (d) Jump All Pink
  35. 35.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  36. 36.📅 The digits 09101970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/1019/70 (b) 0910/19/70 (c) 09/10/1970 (d) 091/019/70
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does “won” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) clock (d) cake
  39. 39.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ice Bunny Green Yaks Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Vines (c) Wins (d) Crazy

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. Jolly Funny My Aunty
  3. JFMA
  4. splitting into groups
  5. chunking
  6. run
  7. 2
  8. first letters as a word
  9. one word holds a list
  10. tree
  11. initials match the list
  12. one
  13. more
  14. means something to you
  15. ring
  16. 4
  17. Owls
  18. Inside
  19. True
  20. False
  21. precipitation
  22. Cats
  23. what each letter means
  24. 05/12/1955
  25. 893 828 6383
  26. true
  27. 2
  28. sun
  29. Neptune
  30. Sing
  31. 5
  32. 5
  33. Kites Frogs Runs
  34. Pink All Jump
  35. a list in a fixed order
  36. 09/10/1970
  37. NESW
  38. sun
  39. False
  40. Vines

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