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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 499 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, jug, whistle, ant is “Under Jolly Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Eat (c) Rani (d) Kites
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) night
  3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  4. 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
  5. 5.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bun (b) knee (c) well (d) knock
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 796189012. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 796 819 012 (b) 796 618 9012 (c) 796 189 012 (d) 796 190 12
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, igloo, bucket, umpire, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUBIC (b) ICBUT (c) CIBUT (d) IBUTC
  8. 8.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  10. 10.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) Antarctica
  11. 11.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Europe
  12. 12.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Australia
  13. 13.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  16. 16.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) say it aloud often (d) read it once silently
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, drum, rope, bucket, parrot is “Ink Dance Runs ___ Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Big (c) Red (d) Green
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 375137504932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3751 3750 4932 (b) 3751 3504 932 (c) 3751 3375 04932 (d) 3751 3570 4932
  19. 19.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) violet (c) blue (d) orange
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Grab Silly (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Silly Grab (d) Grab Wise Silly
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 227252005837. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2272 5205 837 (b) 2272 5200 58337 (c) 2272 5200 5837 (d) 2722 5200 5837
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) WSEN (d) ESWN
  23. 23.📅 The digits 21061985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/06/1985 (b) 2106/19/85 (c) 210/619/85 (d) 21/0619/85
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) wake (b) block (c) write (d) done
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, doll, jalebi? (a) Dad Ants Jolly (b) Dad Jolly Ants (c) Jolly Dad Ants (d) Ants Dad Jolly
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) rain (d) night
  30. 30.True or false: “light” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CEPC (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Love Every (b) Love Every Pigs Aunty (c) Every Love Pigs Aunty (d) Love Pigs Aunty Every
  34. 34.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, urn, fan, spoon is “Grab Under ___ Seven”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Fly (c) Every (d) Kids
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  37. 37.🔤 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) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 940181301. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 181 301 (b) 940 181 01 (c) 940 181 1301 (d) 940 118 301
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eight Sing Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Play (c) Vans (d) Nani
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, apple, cat? (a) Crazy Ants Play (b) Ants Play Crazy (c) Ants Crazy Play (d) Play Ants Crazy

Answer key

  1. Aunty
  2. rain
  3. a list in a fixed order
  4. the letters make no word
  5. knee
  6. 796 189 012
  7. CIBUT
  8. violet
  9. one word holds a list
  10. South America
  11. Africa
  12. Antarctica
  13. the rainbow colours
  14. green
  15. a first-letter sentence
  16. say it aloud often
  17. Big
  18. 3751 3750 4932
  19. orange
  20. Silly Wise Grab
  21. 2272 5200 5837
  22. NESW
  23. 21/06/1985
  24. an acronym
  25. a silly, funny one
  26. PAISA
  27. block
  28. Ants Dad Jolly
  29. rain
  30. False
  31. True
  32. ECPC
  33. Every Love Pigs Aunty
  34. first letters as a word
  35. Fly
  36. a rhyme
  37. MVEMJSUN
  38. 940 181 301
  39. Nani
  40. Play Ants Crazy

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