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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 524 · 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 acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, onion, flute, umbrella is “___ Owls Frogs Up”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Pink (c) Eight (d) Up
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 3629834139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 362 983 4139 (b) 362 983 139 (c) 326 983 4139 (d) 366 298 34139
  4. 4.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  5. 5.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every Love Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Seven (c) Wet (d) Dogs
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  8. 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, cat, sock, violin, rose is “Goats ___ Seven Vans Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Neat (c) Crazy (d) Play
  10. 10.True or false: “run” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, rope, wallet? (a) Rani Wins Funny (b) Wins Rani Funny (c) Funny Rani Wins (d) Rani Funny Wins
  12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) rain (d) clock
  15. 15.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Sing ___ Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) All (c) Wet (d) Lions
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IVBGYOR
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lane (b) main (c) chain (d) sing
  20. 20.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  21. 21.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) night (d) bell
  24. 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Australia (b) Europe (c) Asia (d) South America
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My All Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My All (c) All My Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My All
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) rock (c) sea (d) lock
  29. 29.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
  30. 30.📅 The digits 28061999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2806/19/99 (b) 280/619/99 (c) 28/06/1999 (d) 28/0619/99
  31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Ants Nine ___ All Eight Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Kind (c) Young (d) Silly
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) kite (c) bite (d) light
  33. 33.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  34. 34.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
  35. 35.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) smell (b) tea (c) shell (d) run
  37. 37.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) means something to you
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wet ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Owls (c) Green (d) Bakes
  39. 39.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
  40. 40.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February

Answer key

  1. JFMA
  2. Pink
  3. 362 983 4139
  4. Mars
  5. root
  6. Ants
  7. a silly, funny one
  8. what each letter means
  9. Crazy
  10. False
  11. Funny Rani Wins
  12. chunking
  13. first letters as a word
  14. king
  15. False
  16. three chunks, not ten
  17. Lions
  18. VIBGYOR
  19. sing
  20. an acronym
  21. 3
  22. an acronym
  23. tree
  24. a first-letter sentence
  25. Asia
  26. Jolly Frogs My All
  27. in the same order
  28. sea
  29. the rainbow colours
  30. 28/06/1999
  31. Silly
  32. knee
  33. 3
  34. initials match the list
  35. 5
  36. run
  37. means something to you
  38. Green
  39. saffron
  40. April

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