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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 514 · 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 the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly My Ants Jolly (b) Ants My Fly Jolly (c) Fly Jolly My Ants (d) Jolly Fly My Ants
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Wet (c) Every (d) Young
  3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) shock (b) thing (c) bright (d) main
  4. 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) spell (c) sell (d) done
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, tent, bucket, apple, sock is “Fly ___ Bunny All Silly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) All (c) Cats (d) Tiny
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  7. 7.True or false: “main” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Frogs ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Every (c) Jump (d) Sing
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Grab (b) Seven Wise Grab (c) Grab Wise Seven (d) Wise Grab Seven
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  12. 12.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) chain (c) spring (d) swing
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “___ Ants Neat Sing All Eight Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Eat (c) Aunty (d) Cats
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Grab (b) Silly Wise Grab (c) Wise Grab Silly (d) Grab Wise Silly
  16. 16.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) read it once silently (c) say it aloud often (d) never say it
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, banana, vase? (a) Vines Big Kind (b) Big Vines Kind (c) Big Kind Vines (d) Kind Big Vines
  19. 19.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) there is no list
  20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 683087997098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8308 7997 098 (b) 6830 0879 97098 (c) 6830 8799 7098 (d) 6803 8799 7098
  21. 21.✏️ 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
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
  23. 23.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) tell (b) key (c) rake (d) shell
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) tell (b) lake (c) lane (d) bee
  27. 27.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, spoon, tomato? (a) Silly Rani Toys (b) Rani Silly Toys (c) Toys Silly Rani (d) Silly Toys Rani
  29. 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  30. 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) SWG (c) GWS (d) WGS
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 811242540. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 811 242 540 (b) 811 224 540 (c) 811 244 2540 (d) 811 242 40
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Eat (b) Aunty Play Lazy Eat (c) Eat Lazy Play Aunty (d) Lazy Eat Play Aunty
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, banana, lamp, vase, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GBLVI (b) IVLBG (c) BLVIG (d) BGLVI
  36. 36.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  38. 38.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  39. 39.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 5062381680. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 238 1680 (b) 506 238 680 (c) 502 638 1680 (d) 500 623 81680

Answer key

  1. Jolly Fly My Ants
  2. Green
  3. thing
  4. done
  5. Tiny
  6. PAISA
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Mum
  10. Seven Wise Grab
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. False
  13. chain
  14. Aunty
  15. Silly Wise Grab
  16. say it aloud often
  17. NESW
  18. Kind Big Vines
  19. the letters make no word
  20. 6830 8799 7098
  21. initials match the list
  22. in the same order
  23. True
  24. rake
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. bee
  27. False
  28. Rani Silly Toys
  29. chunking
  30. three chunks, not ten
  31. SWG
  32. 811 242 540
  33. VIBGYOR
  34. Eat Lazy Play Aunty
  35. GBLVI
  36. collection
  37. an acronym
  38. a list in a fixed order
  39. True
  40. 506 238 1680

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