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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 536 · 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 life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 389161186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 389 161 1186 (b) 389 161 168 (c) 389 611 86 (d) 389 161 186
  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.📅 The digits 09051973 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0905/19/73 (b) 090/519/73 (c) 09/0519/73 (d) 09/05/1973
  5. 5.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  8. 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) smell (b) white (c) make (d) plane
  9. 9.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) lake (c) run (d) wake
  11. 11.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bun (b) swing (c) make (d) knee
  12. 12.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
  13. 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Play Aunty Eat (b) Aunty Play Love Eat (c) Love Eat Play Aunty (d) Eat Love Play Aunty
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
  16. 16.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 9317111086. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 711 11086 (b) 931 711 1086 (c) 931 711 086 (d) 931 711 1806
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 1139378802. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 937 8802 (b) 139 378 802 (c) 113 937 78802 (d) 113 937 8082
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ice cream, ant, orange, jalebi. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PIAOJ (b) JOAIP (c) IPAOJ (d) IAOJP
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  22. 22.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔤 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
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 3789504548. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 895 04548 (b) 378 950 4548 (c) 378 954 0548 (d) 378 954 548
  26. 26.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) North America
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eight (c) Eight Cats Pink Crazy (d) Cats Eight Pink Crazy
  28. 28.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) adult (d) pupa
  29. 29.📅 The digits 04052024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/05/2024 (b) 040/520/24 (c) 04/0520/24 (d) 0405/20/24
  30. 30.🧰 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
  31. 31.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, frog, guava, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGOA (b) AFGO (c) FAGO (d) OGFA
  33. 33.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) white (b) brain (c) run (d) sock
  34. 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) wake (b) fight (c) key (d) sing
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, sock, doll? (a) Lions Sing Dance (b) Dance Sing Lions (c) Sing Dance Lions (d) Sing Lions Dance
  36. 36.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
  37. 37.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bee (b) string (c) knock (d) make
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for radio, fan, glass, ice cream is “Rani ___ Goats Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Ants (c) Funny (d) Every
  40. 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic

Answer key

  1. ELPA
  2. 389 161 186
  3. what each letter means
  4. 09/05/1973
  5. 4
  6. SWG
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. smell
  9. Pacific
  10. run
  11. knee
  12. cake
  13. one word holds a list
  14. Eat Love Play Aunty
  15. JFMA
  16. 9
  17. 931 711 1086
  18. 113 937 8802
  19. chunking
  20. PIAOJ
  21. chunking
  22. False
  23. True
  24. MVEMJSUN
  25. 378 950 4548
  26. Africa
  27. Eight Cats Pink Crazy
  28. larva
  29. 04/05/2024
  30. a first-letter sentence
  31. yellow
  32. AFGO
  33. sock
  34. key
  35. Lions Sing Dance
  36. initials match the list
  37. chunking
  38. make
  39. Funny
  40. Indian

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