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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 496 · 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 the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) yellow (d) blue
  2. 2.✏️ 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
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) chain (c) three (d) plane
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) violet (d) yellow
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Aunty Ink ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Seven (c) Eat (d) Goats
  6. 6.True or false: “key” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, coconut, guava, nest, banana is “___ Cats Grab Neat Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Up (c) Dad (d) Tiny
  8. 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
  9. 9.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 204751947041. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2047 5194 7041 (b) 2047 1594 7041 (c) 2204 7519 47041 (d) 2047 5194 041
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lazy Play All (b) Lazy Play All Eat (c) All Play Lazy Eat (d) Lazy Eat Play All
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 5281940646. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 528 194 0646 (b) 528 149 0646 (c) 528 194 064 (d) 528 119 40646
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, glass, ball, onion, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ROBGW (b) GWBOR (c) WGBOR (d) GBORW
  16. 16.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
  17. 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) songs (d) steps
  18. 18.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Lions Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) All (c) Vans (d) Red
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (b) Cats Eight Pink Crazy (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (d) Eight Cats Pink Crazy
  21. 21.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  23. 23.📅 The digits 06122002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0612/20/02 (b) 061/220/02 (c) 06/12/2002 (d) 06/1220/02
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mice All (b) Jeeps Frogs Mice All (c) All Mice Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mice All Jeeps
  25. 25.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  26. 26.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
  27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
  28. 28.📅 The digits 12021961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/219/61 (b) 1202/19/61 (c) 12/02/1961 (d) 12/0219/61
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, watch, umpire? (a) Uncle Wins Aunty (b) Wins Aunty Uncle (c) Aunty Wins Uncle (d) Wins Uncle Aunty
  30. 30.📅 The digits 07062017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/06/2017 (b) 07/0620/17 (c) 0706/20/17 (d) 070/620/17
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 665561710353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6655 6171 03553 (b) 6655 6171 0353 (c) 6556 1710 353 (d) 6655 6117 0353
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Pigs Ants (b) Ants Pigs Lions Every (c) Every Lions Pigs Ants (d) Lions Pigs Ants Every
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, violin, glass, jalebi is “Owls ___ Goats Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Ink (c) Vines (d) Jump
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Frogs Jeeps (b) Frogs My All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Frogs My All (d) Frogs Jeeps My All
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) light (b) sea (c) knock (d) kite
  37. 37.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, goat, cat? (a) Big Goats Cook (b) Cook Goats Big (c) Goats Big Cook (d) Goats Cook Big
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, coconut, bucket, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBCV (b) VCBK (c) CBKV (d) CVBK
  40. 40.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. a silly, funny one
  3. three
  4. red
  5. Seven
  6. False
  7. Tiny
  8. splitting into groups
  9. True
  10. True
  11. 2047 5194 7041
  12. VIBGYOR
  13. Eat Lazy Play All
  14. 528 194 0646
  15. WGBOR
  16. numbers and letter lists
  17. tricks
  18. one word holds a list
  19. Red
  20. Eight Cats Pink Crazy
  21. 19 and 47
  22. an acronym
  23. 06/12/2002
  24. Jeeps Frogs Mice All
  25. a list in a fixed order
  26. means something to you
  27. Africa
  28. 12/02/1961
  29. Aunty Wins Uncle
  30. 07/06/2017
  31. 6655 6171 0353
  32. Every Lions Pigs Ants
  33. a first-letter sentence
  34. Vines
  35. Jeeps Frogs My All
  36. sea
  37. True
  38. Big Goats Cook
  39. VCBK
  40. chunking

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