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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 520 · 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: guava, inkpot, umpire, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OUIG (b) IUOG (c) IGUO (d) GIUO
  2. 2.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  4. 4.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
  5. 5.🔤 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
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Seven Love Frogs (b) Seven Runs Love Frogs (c) Frogs Love Seven Runs (d) Seven Love Frogs Runs
  7. 7.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) shock (c) lake (d) snake
  8. 8.True or false: “lake” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  10. 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SRLF (d) SLFR
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, duck, urn, mirror, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DUMPN (b) DNUMP (c) PMUDN (d) NDUMP
  12. 12.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) North America (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) Europe
  14. 14.✏️ 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
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  16. 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, watch, owl, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MOWD (b) DWOM (c) WDOM (d) WOMD
  17. 17.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) king (d) bell
  19. 19.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: key, glass, drum, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKDA (b) GDAK (c) ADGK (d) KGDA
  21. 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  22. 22.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, fan, tomato? (a) Fly Toys Owls (b) Toys Fly Owls (c) Fly Owls Toys (d) Owls Fly Toys
  24. 24.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) king (d) bell
  25. 25.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  26. 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  27. 27.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 941412417. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 941 411 2417 (b) 941 412 417 (c) 941 412 147 (d) 914 124 17
  29. 29.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, goat, inkpot, sock, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASIGP (b) PGISA (c) GISAP (d) GPISA
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Every Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Nani (c) Tiny (d) Wins
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 859332867. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 589 332 867 (b) 859 332 867 (c) 893 328 67 (d) 859 933 2867
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  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) MVEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
  37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
  39. 39.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ

Answer key

  1. GIUO
  2. 3
  3. in the same order
  4. the letters make no word
  5. VIBGYOR
  6. Runs Seven Love Frogs
  7. shock
  8. False
  9. condensation
  10. RSLF
  11. NDUMP
  12. the rainbow colours
  13. Europe
  14. initials match the list
  15. first letters as a word
  16. DWOM
  17. True
  18. cake
  19. 9
  20. KGDA
  21. what each letter means
  22. 5
  23. Owls Fly Toys
  24. tree
  25. a rhyme
  26. a list in a fixed order
  27. larva
  28. 941 412 417
  29. sound patterns stick
  30. PGISA
  31. a silly, funny one
  32. Wins
  33. a first-letter sentence
  34. 859 332 867
  35. ELPA
  36. MVEMJSUN
  37. chunking
  38. night
  39. False
  40. JFMA

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