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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 507 · 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 first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, shoe, tomato? (a) Tiny Seven Cook (b) Seven Tiny Cook (c) Seven Cook Tiny (d) Cook Seven Tiny
  2. 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  3. 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  4. 4.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) planet (d) world
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, owl, umpire, vase, rope is “Bunny Old Uncle Vans ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Tea (c) All (d) My
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Fly Red (b) Silly Red Love Fly (c) Red Silly Love Fly (d) Fly Love Silly Red
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) won (c) spell (d) run
  10. 10.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, net, frog, radio. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFRA (b) ANFR (c) NAFR (d) RFNA
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) sun (c) cake (d) night
  15. 15.📅 The digits 02012002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0201/20/02 (b) 02/0120/02 (c) 02/01/2002 (d) 020/120/02
  16. 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) red (c) violet (d) indigo
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, apple, rope, drum, whistle is “Lions All ___ Dance Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Wet (c) Yaks (d) Big
  18. 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6371893298. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 637 188 93298 (b) 637 198 3298 (c) 637 189 3298 (d) 637 189 328
  21. 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) sock (b) smell (c) run (d) white
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for doll, radio, orange, ant is “Dad ___ Only Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Red (c) Young (d) Owls
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 733007161. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 730 071 61 (b) 733 007 161 (c) 733 007 1661 (d) 373 007 161
  24. 24.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Pigs Crazy (b) Crazy Pigs Crazy Every (c) Every Crazy Crazy Pigs (d) Crazy Every Pigs Crazy
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) ECPC (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
  28. 28.✏️ 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
  29. 29.📅 The digits 06101957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/019/57 (b) 06/1019/57 (c) 0610/19/57 (d) 06/10/1957
  30. 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
  31. 31.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, pillow, bucket, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBJV (b) PVBJ (c) VPBJ (d) JBPV
  33. 33.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rope, whistle, apple, pillow is “Red Wise ___ Play”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Vans (c) Funny (d) Aunty
  35. 35.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, pencil, doll, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NDPT (b) PDNT (c) TPDN (d) PTDN
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 8466600570. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 846 660 0570 (b) 846 660 05770 (c) 846 660 050 (d) 846 660 0750
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 108621312330. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1088 6213 12330 (b) 1086 2131 330 (c) 1086 2131 2330 (d) 1086 2311 2330
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, lemon, shoe, flute, ice cream is “Kites Lazy Sing ___ Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Goats (c) Fly (d) Nine

Answer key

  1. Cook Seven Tiny
  2. a first-letter sentence
  3. one word holds a list
  4. one
  5. PAISA
  6. Rani
  7. Red Silly Love Fly
  8. JFMA
  9. spell
  10. saffron
  11. in the same order
  12. ANFR
  13. MVEMJSUN
  14. night
  15. 02/01/2002
  16. orange
  17. Runs
  18. True
  19. evaporation
  20. 637 189 3298
  21. sock
  22. Red
  23. 733 007 161
  24. initials match the list
  25. chunking
  26. Every Crazy Pigs Crazy
  27. ECPC
  28. a silly, funny one
  29. 06/10/1957
  30. three chunks, not ten
  31. splitting into groups
  32. VPBJ
  33. means something to you
  34. Aunty
  35. 3
  36. TPDN
  37. VIBGYOR
  38. 846 660 0570
  39. 1086 2131 2330
  40. Fly

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