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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 509 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, tiger, rope, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRTB (b) TBRL (c) TRLB (d) BTRL
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAEA
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, jalebi, whistle? (a) Jolly Cook Wise (b) Wise Jolly Cook (c) Jolly Wise Cook (d) Cook Jolly Wise
  4. 4.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  5. 5.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) known (c) true (d) clear
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) Africa
  8. 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  9. 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) kite (b) key (c) wing (d) lane
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) sun (d) clock
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “sing” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) tree
  12. 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) three (b) spring (c) knee (d) sock
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) spell (c) shell (d) main
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vans Eight My Jump Silly Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) My (c) Green (d) Big
  16. 16.📅 The digits 08122015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/12/2015 (b) 0812/20/15 (c) 08/1220/15 (d) 081/220/15
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs All Ink ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Nani (c) Dogs (d) Rani
  18. 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  19. 19.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they need no practice
  20. 20.📅 The digits 15121963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 151/219/63 (b) 15/12/1963 (c) 15/1219/63 (d) 1512/19/63
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 366987053. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 987 05 (b) 366 987 053 (c) 366 987 035 (d) 366 988 7053
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, fan, sock, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGSN (b) FSNG (c) GFSN (d) NSFG
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Lions Pigs Ants (b) Lions Eight Pigs Ants (c) Lions Pigs Ants Eight (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eight
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Australia (d) Asia
  25. 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ink Silly All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Rani (c) Pigs (d) Frogs
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) tea (b) fight (c) rock (d) lane
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  29. 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a long book (c) a kind of pen (d) a memory trick
  30. 30.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 351930945437. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5319 3094 5437 (b) 3519 3094 54337 (c) 3519 3094 5437 (d) 3519 3045 437
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Grab (b) Wise Grab Silly (c) Silly Wise Grab (d) Grab Wise Silly
  33. 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  34. 34.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  35. 35.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  37. 37.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
  38. 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tell (b) kite (c) well (d) smell
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme

Answer key

  1. BTRL
  2. AANSAEA
  3. Cook Jolly Wise
  4. March
  5. true
  6. NESW
  7. Africa
  8. white
  9. key
  10. clock
  11. king
  12. sock
  13. a silly, funny one
  14. main
  15. My
  16. 08/12/2015
  17. Silly
  18. the rainbow colours
  19. sound patterns stick
  20. 15/12/1963
  21. 366 987 053
  22. GFSN
  23. Eight Lions Pigs Ants
  24. Asia
  25. Pigs
  26. fight
  27. 7
  28. JFMA
  29. a memory trick
  30. 3
  31. 3519 3094 5437
  32. Silly Wise Grab
  33. adult
  34. 6
  35. initials match the list
  36. MVEMJSUN
  37. a list in a fixed order
  38. one word holds a list
  39. kite
  40. an acronym

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