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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 525 · 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.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  2. 2.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  4. 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) sea (b) sock (c) string (d) one
  5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My All (b) Funny My All Jolly (c) All My Funny Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My All
  7. 7.📅 The digits 21112016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/1120/16 (b) 2111/20/16 (c) 21/11/2016 (d) 211/120/16
  8. 8.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) sun (d) cake
  10. 10.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) east (d) west
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “tea” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) tree (d) sun
  12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) adult (b) larva (c) egg (d) pupa
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 6227202422. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 622 720 422 (b) 262 720 2422 (c) 622 720 24422 (d) 622 720 2422
  14. 14.📅 The digits 06101969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 061/019/69 (b) 06/1019/69 (c) 06/10/1969 (d) 0610/19/69
  15. 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, kite, wallet? (a) Wet Kites Runs (b) Kites Wet Runs (c) Kites Runs Wet (d) Runs Kites Wet
  18. 18.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  19. 19.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, banana, inkpot? (a) Ink Big Wise (b) Wise Big Ink (c) Big Ink Wise (d) Big Wise Ink
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) clock (d) night
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, duck, flute, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GDFM (b) DFMG (c) DGFM (d) MFDG
  23. 23.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) RSLF (d) SLFR
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) bun (c) fight (d) light
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ball, cat, flute, inkpot, vase is “Big Cats Frogs Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Lazy (c) Wet (d) Jeeps
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, lamp, shoe, violin is “___ Lazy Seven Vans”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Funny (c) Ants (d) Ink
  30. 30.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) indigo
  32. 32.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
  33. 33.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) one (c) star (d) world
  34. 34.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All Mice Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mice All (c) Funny Mice All Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps Mice All
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vans Every ___ Jolly Silly Uncle Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Big (c) My (d) Red
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) white (b) plane (c) cane (d) bun
  38. 38.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📅 The digits 18031955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/0319/55 (b) 180/319/55 (c) 1803/19/55 (d) 18/03/1955
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tiger, owl, pencil, urn, lemon is “Tea Owls Play Up ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Neat (c) Vines (d) Cats

Answer key

  1. the rainbow colours
  2. saffron
  3. first letters as a word
  4. one
  5. a list in a fixed order
  6. Jolly Funny My All
  7. 21/11/2016
  8. Mercury
  9. bell
  10. north
  11. tree
  12. pupa
  13. 622 720 2422
  14. 06/10/1969
  15. False
  16. in the same order
  17. Runs Kites Wet
  18. stem
  19. True
  20. Wise Big Ink
  21. clock
  22. GDFM
  23. numbers and letter lists
  24. a silly, funny one
  25. RSLF
  26. bun
  27. Vans
  28. an acronym
  29. Ants
  30. precipitation
  31. blue
  32. the letters make no word
  33. one
  34. 2
  35. Jeeps Funny Mice All
  36. My
  37. white
  38. False
  39. 18/03/1955
  40. Lions

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