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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 515 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  2. 2.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Arctic (d) Atlantic
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jeeps Frogs My Ants (b) Frogs My Ants Jeeps (c) Ants My Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Jeeps My Ants
  4. 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: tiger, banana, mirror, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TBMJ (b) BTMJ (c) JMBT (d) BMJT
  5. 5.True or false: “run” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 6054123597. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 605 411 23597 (b) 605 123 597 (c) 605 412 3597 (d) 604 512 3597
  7. 7.🎵 Which word does “free” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) king (d) night
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, doll, glass? (a) Grab Dance Bunny (b) Dance Grab Bunny (c) Dance Bunny Grab (d) Bunny Dance Grab
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) steps (d) games
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) clock
  11. 11.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) FMAJ
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, shoe, jug? (a) Jolly Seven Vans (b) Seven Vans Jolly (c) Seven Jolly Vans (d) Vans Seven Jolly
  14. 14.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jeeps My All (b) Funny My All Jeeps (c) Jeeps Funny My All (d) All My Funny Jeeps
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) chain (b) kite (c) sea (d) key
  19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 675642606. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 667 564 2606 (b) 675 426 06 (c) 675 624 606 (d) 675 642 606
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “ring” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) king (c) bell (d) clock
  21. 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) sun (d) bell
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Nani (c) Wins Silly Every Nani (d) Every Nani Silly Wins
  25. 25.📅 The digits 06031957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/03/1957 (b) 0603/19/57 (c) 06/0319/57 (d) 060/319/57
  26. 26.📅 The digits 11031972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/319/72 (b) 11/03/1972 (c) 1103/19/72 (d) 11/0319/72
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  28. 28.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
  29. 29.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 1202880788. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 120 028 80788 (b) 120 288 0788 (c) 120 288 788 (d) 120 288 7088
  31. 31.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) evaporation
  32. 32.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) three (c) swing (d) key
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  35. 35.✏️ 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
  36. 36.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) white (b) spell (c) plane (d) three
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) key (b) swing (c) bite (d) rake
  39. 39.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  40. 40.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing

Answer key

  1. one word holds a list
  2. Arctic
  3. Jeeps Frogs My Ants
  4. TBMJ
  5. True
  6. 605 412 3597
  7. tree
  8. Bunny Dance Grab
  9. tricks
  10. rain
  11. True
  12. JFMA
  13. Vans Seven Jolly
  14. False
  15. Jeeps Funny My All
  16. MVEMJSUN
  17. 19 and 47
  18. chain
  19. 675 642 606
  20. king
  21. three chunks, not ten
  22. sun
  23. a rhyme
  24. Nani Every Silly Wins
  25. 06/03/1957
  26. 11/03/1972
  27. ELPA
  28. initials match the list
  29. the rainbow colours
  30. 120 288 0788
  31. evaporation
  32. 5
  33. swing
  34. ECPC
  35. a silly, funny one
  36. a first-letter sentence
  37. plane
  38. rake
  39. 7
  40. first letters as a word

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