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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 506 · 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) free (d) long
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 9842647946. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 984 647 946 (b) 984 264 7496 (c) 988 426 47946 (d) 984 264 7946
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 1033856048. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 100 338 56048 (b) 013 385 6048 (c) 103 385 6048 (d) 103 385 648
  6. 6.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  7. 7.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
  8. 8.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, watch, net, anchor is “Bakes Wise ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Cook (c) Yum (d) Nani
  10. 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) more (b) twice (c) again (d) fast
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines Ink ___ Grab Young Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Frogs (c) Goats (d) Big
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lazy Frogs Red (b) Frogs Lazy Seven Red (c) Seven Red Lazy Frogs (d) Red Seven Lazy Frogs
  13. 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) fight (b) free (c) block (d) well
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) plane (c) train (d) chain
  15. 15.✏️ 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
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Wise Goats Silly (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Silly Wise Goats
  17. 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  18. 18.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a times-table rhyme (c) chunking (d) date chunks
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, lemon, apple, goat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LBAGD (b) BLAGD (c) LAGDB (d) DGALB
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly ___ Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Big (c) Inside (d) Wet
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Crazy Pink (b) Crazy Pink Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Eat Pink Crazy (d) Eat Crazy Pink Crazy
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) flower (c) root (d) stem
  24. 24.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 19 and 47
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wins Seven (b) Wins Seven Green (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Seven Wins Green
  26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) star (d) one
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) spell (c) wake (d) shell
  28. 28.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) violet (d) blue
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, ant, igloo? (a) All Nine Ice (b) All Ice Nine (c) Nine All Ice (d) Ice All Nine
  31. 31.📅 The digits 10021987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/02/1987 (b) 1002/19/87 (c) 100/219/87 (d) 10/0219/87
  32. 32.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) know (c) say (d) write
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, cat, tomato, duck, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDTCV (b) CTDIV (c) CVTDI (d) VCTDI
  34. 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  35. 35.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
  36. 36.📅 The digits 16122009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1612/20/09 (b) 161/220/09 (c) 16/1220/09 (d) 16/12/2009
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) make (b) key (c) bright (d) shake
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cook Eat (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Cook (c) Eat Crazy Pigs Cook (d) Cook Pigs Crazy Eat
  39. 39.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 735918360926. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7359 1830 6926 (b) 7735 9183 60926 (c) 7359 1836 926 (d) 7359 1836 0926

Answer key

  1. a list in a fixed order
  2. an acronym
  3. free
  4. 984 264 7946
  5. 103 385 6048
  6. one word holds a list
  7. a beat or a tune
  8. April
  9. Nani
  10. more
  11. Big
  12. Red Seven Lazy Frogs
  13. block
  14. free
  15. a silly, funny one
  16. Silly Wise Goats
  17. the rainbow colours
  18. a first-letter sentence
  19. BLAGD
  20. VIBGYOR
  21. Wet
  22. Eat Crazy Pink Crazy
  23. flower
  24. 19 and 47
  25. Seven Wins Green
  26. one
  27. wake
  28. yellow
  29. SWG
  30. Nine All Ice
  31. 10/02/1987
  32. know
  33. VCTDI
  34. an acronym
  35. splitting into groups
  36. 16/12/2009
  37. bright
  38. Eat Crazy Pigs Cook
  39. pupa
  40. 7359 1836 0926

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