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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 495 · 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 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
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, cat, banana, tomato, parrot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CBTPD (b) PTBCD (c) CDBTP (d) DCBTP
  5. 5.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: net, spoon, van? (a) Silly Vines Nani (b) Nani Silly Vines (c) Vines Silly Nani (d) Silly Nani Vines
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) rain (d) tree
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) tree (d) king
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
  11. 11.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
  12. 12.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, lemon, needle? (a) Love Pigs Nine (b) Love Nine Pigs (c) Pigs Love Nine (d) Nine Love Pigs
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 775558900083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7755 5890 0083 (b) 7755 5890 00083 (c) 7755 8590 0083 (d) 7755 5890 008
  15. 15.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does “sock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) night (d) clock
  17. 17.True or false: “white” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  19. 19.📅 The digits 15041968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1504/19/68 (b) 150/419/68 (c) 15/04/1968 (d) 15/0419/68
  20. 20.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) condensation
  21. 21.📅 The digits 12041983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1204/19/83 (b) 120/419/83 (c) 12/04/1983 (d) 12/0419/83
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Every Lions Pink Aunty (b) Aunty Pink Lions Every (c) Lions Every Pink Aunty (d) Lions Pink Aunty Every
  23. 23.📅 The digits 27061959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/06/1959 (b) 2706/19/59 (c) 270/619/59 (d) 27/0619/59
  24. 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) lock (c) won (d) sock
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 4780604598. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 478 060 4598 (b) 478 060 4958 (c) 478 060 45998 (d) 780 604 598
  26. 26.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ladder, rose? (a) Pigs Lions Rani (b) Lions Pigs Rani (c) Lions Rani Pigs (d) Rani Lions Pigs
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WSG
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, guava, watch, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GSWT (b) GWTS (c) TWGS (d) SGWT
  31. 31.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, ice cream, jug, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FIJU (b) IFJU (c) UJIF (d) IJUF
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, anchor, drum, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JDAL (b) LADJ (c) ADJL (d) ALDJ
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs ___ Ink Sing Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Owls (c) Jolly (d) Aunty
  35. 35.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, wallet, guava? (a) Wet Green Cats (b) Green Wet Cats (c) Cats Wet Green (d) Wet Cats Green
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Red Love Frogs (b) Silly Love Frogs Red (c) Frogs Love Silly Red (d) Red Silly Love Frogs
  39. 39.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW

Answer key

  1. 19 and 47
  2. green
  3. False
  4. DCBTP
  5. chunking
  6. an acronym
  7. Nani Silly Vines
  8. clock
  9. bell
  10. a silly, funny one
  11. the letters make no word
  12. False
  13. Pigs Love Nine
  14. 7755 5890 0083
  15. 5
  16. clock
  17. False
  18. initials match the list
  19. 15/04/1968
  20. collection
  21. 12/04/1983
  22. Every Lions Pink Aunty
  23. 27/06/1959
  24. won
  25. 478 060 4598
  26. True
  27. first letters as a word
  28. Pigs Lions Rani
  29. SWG
  30. SGWT
  31. numbers and letter lists
  32. FIJU
  33. LADJ
  34. Aunty
  35. Jupiter
  36. a first-letter sentence
  37. Cats Wet Green
  38. Red Silly Love Frogs
  39. True
  40. NESW

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