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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 533 · 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) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  2. 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) right (c) true (d) known
  3. 3.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  4. 4.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  5. 5.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 716373126325. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7163 7312 6325 (b) 7163 7312 6235 (c) 7163 7311 26325 (d) 7167 3126 325
  8. 8.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
  10. 10.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) collection (c) evaporation (d) condensation
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, tent, owl? (a) Toys Owls Aunty (b) Owls Toys Aunty (c) Aunty Toys Owls (d) Toys Aunty Owls
  12. 12.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, tiger, lamp, jug, goat is “Wins Tiny Lions Jump ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Ice (c) Grab (d) Pink
  14. 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) swing (b) one (c) shell (d) brain
  15. 15.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
  16. 16.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  18. 18.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) saying it once quietly (c) a beat or a tune (d) no rhythm at all
  19. 19.📅 The digits 26031960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/319/60 (b) 2603/19/60 (c) 26/03/1960 (d) 26/0319/60
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, kettle, lamp? (a) Kids Lions Pink (b) Lions Kids Pink (c) Pink Kids Lions (d) Kids Pink Lions
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Red Lazy Fly (b) Red Sing Lazy Fly (c) Fly Lazy Sing Red (d) Sing Lazy Fly Red
  22. 22.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  23. 23.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) flower (d) stem
  25. 25.📅 The digits 15071957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/07/1957 (b) 150/719/57 (c) 15/0719/57 (d) 1507/19/57
  26. 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Wise Goats Sing (d) Sing Wise Goats
  28. 28.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  29. 29.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  30. 30.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) never say it (c) read it once silently (d) say it aloud often
  31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  32. 32.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) bell (d) rain
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, jeep, mirror, flute is “Old Jump Mum ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Runs (b) Funny (c) Cook (d) Jump
  35. 35.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  37. 37.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, rope, jalebi, needle is “___ Red Jolly Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Young (c) Tea (d) Lazy
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, key, onion, urn, apple is “Bunny Kids ___ Up Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Frogs (c) Eight (d) Old

Answer key

  1. JFMA
  2. true
  3. the rainbow colours
  4. a list in a fixed order
  5. True
  6. 4
  7. 7163 7312 6325
  8. Pacific
  9. one word holds a list
  10. precipitation
  11. Aunty Toys Owls
  12. 5
  13. Grab
  14. shell
  15. numbers and letter lists
  16. the letters make no word
  17. 5
  18. a beat or a tune
  19. 26/03/1960
  20. Pink Kids Lions
  21. Red Sing Lazy Fly
  22. north
  23. False
  24. leaf
  25. 15/07/1957
  26. splitting into groups
  27. Sing Wise Goats
  28. saffron
  29. initials match the list
  30. say it aloud often
  31. an acronym
  32. 19 and 47
  33. king
  34. Funny
  35. True
  36. chunking
  37. False
  38. 4
  39. Lazy
  40. Old

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