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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 518 · 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: shoe, whistle, ladder, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WSLU (b) SWLU (c) ULWS (d) WLUS
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Seven Wet (b) Eight Nani Seven Wet (c) Wet Seven Eight Nani (d) Eight Seven Wet Nani
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  4. 4.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) white (c) shell (d) bright
  6. 6.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  8. 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
  9. 9.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) night (d) rain
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, kettle, fan? (a) Ants Kites Frogs (b) Kites Frogs Ants (c) Kites Ants Frogs (d) Frogs Kites Ants
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, ladder, jeep, ant, owl is “Kids ___ Jeeps Aunty Only”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Cook (c) Funny (d) Lions
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) backwards
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants ___ Neat Silly All Eight All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Uncle (c) Big (d) Aunty
  16. 16.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
  18. 18.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) won (c) light (d) ton
  20. 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) long (d) free
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, coconut, radio, apple, tomato is “Only ___ Red All Toys”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Cook (c) Big (d) Neat
  22. 22.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) egg (c) adult (d) pupa
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 704511622. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 745 116 22 (b) 740 511 622 (c) 704 511 6622 (d) 704 511 622
  24. 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) WSEN
  25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
  26. 26.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 3859614716. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 966 14716 (b) 389 614 716 (c) 385 961 4716 (d) 835 961 4716
  29. 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) WSG
  31. 31.📅 The digits 18041997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/04/1997 (b) 180/419/97 (c) 18/0419/97 (d) 1804/19/97
  32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) rake (b) make (c) train (d) sell
  33. 33.📅 The digits 02101969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/10/1969 (b) 02/1019/69 (c) 021/019/69 (d) 0210/19/69
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 749873610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 749 873 610 (b) 749 873 10 (c) 749 873 601 (d) 749 873 6610
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) clock (d) cake
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1916113521. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 191 611 3251 (b) 191 661 13521 (c) 191 611 3521 (d) 196 113 521
  37. 37.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) condensation (d) evaporation
  38. 38.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  39. 39.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) sound patterns stick (c) they are longer (d) they are always true
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Indian

Answer key

  1. SWLU
  2. Nani Eight Seven Wet
  3. what each letter means
  4. False
  5. shell
  6. 2
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. initials match the list
  9. splitting into groups
  10. night
  11. Ants Kites Frogs
  12. Lions
  13. first letters as a word
  14. in the same order
  15. Aunty
  16. False
  17. true
  18. the rainbow colours
  19. light
  20. free
  21. Cook
  22. larva
  23. 704 511 622
  24. NESW
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. numbers and letter lists
  27. MVEMJSUN
  28. 385 961 4716
  29. 19 and 47
  30. SWG
  31. 18/04/1997
  32. sell
  33. 02/10/1969
  34. 749 873 610
  35. clock
  36. 191 611 3521
  37. evaporation
  38. saffron
  39. sound patterns stick
  40. Southern

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