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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 542 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 711538630. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 538 6630 (b) 711 538 603 (c) 711 538 630 (d) 711 586 30
  2. 2.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
  4. 4.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 908091499. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 908 019 499 (b) 908 099 1499 (c) 908 091 99 (d) 908 091 499
  6. 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
  7. 7.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 827984461784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8279 8446 1784 (b) 8279 8446 11784 (c) 8798 4461 784 (d) 8297 8446 1784
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) lock (c) rock (d) ring
  10. 10.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) sing (c) ring (d) lake
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, bucket, goat? (a) Bakes Silly Green (b) Green Bakes Silly (c) Silly Bakes Green (d) Bakes Green Silly
  13. 13.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) free (c) cold (d) long
  15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  16. 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) write (c) learn (d) say
  17. 17.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, whistle, shoe, rose is “___ Wise Sing Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Tea (c) Wet (d) Big
  20. 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ice Big Goats Yum Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Vans (c) Wet (d) Dance
  21. 21.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  22. 22.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink Ants Ice Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) My (c) Vines (d) Red
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rose, guava, igloo, cat, pencil is “___ Green Inside Cook Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Red (c) Mum (d) Uncle
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 200389138. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 381 938 (b) 200 389 13 (c) 200 338 9138 (d) 200 389 138
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) clock (d) sun
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) train (b) knee (c) wing (d) light
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Crazy Pink Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Very (b) Eight (c) Love (d) Kids
  30. 30.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) sound patterns stick (c) they need no practice (d) they are longer
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, key, monkey? (a) Kind Fly Mice (b) Mice Kind Fly (c) Fly Kind Mice (d) Kind Mice Fly
  32. 32.📅 The digits 03032005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0320/05 (b) 0303/20/05 (c) 03/03/2005 (d) 030/320/05
  33. 33.📅 The digits 16072003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1607/20/03 (b) 16/0720/03 (c) 16/07/2003 (d) 160/720/03
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven ___ Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Inside (c) Dogs (d) Wise
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, watch, nest? (a) Wise Nani Jolly (b) Jolly Wise Nani (c) Nani Wise Jolly (d) Wise Jolly Nani
  36. 36.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jump Funny My Aunty (b) Funny Jump My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jump (d) Funny My Aunty Jump
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, banana, watch? (a) Uncle Bunny Wins (b) Bunny Wins Uncle (c) Wins Bunny Uncle (d) Bunny Uncle Wins
  39. 39.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ant, owl, guava? (a) Owls Goats All (b) Goats Owls All (c) Owls All Goats (d) All Owls Goats

Answer key

  1. 711 538 630
  2. False
  3. in the same order
  4. means something to you
  5. 908 091 499
  6. February
  7. what each letter means
  8. 8279 8446 1784
  9. ring
  10. Mars
  11. lake
  12. Silly Bakes Green
  13. False
  14. free
  15. 5
  16. know
  17. False
  18. an acronym
  19. Big
  20. Vans
  21. the rainbow colours
  22. one word holds a list
  23. Aunty
  24. Red
  25. 200 389 138
  26. rain
  27. first letters as a word
  28. wing
  29. Eight
  30. sound patterns stick
  31. Fly Kind Mice
  32. 03/03/2005
  33. 16/07/2003
  34. Wise
  35. Jolly Wise Nani
  36. the letters make no word
  37. Jump Funny My Aunty
  38. Uncle Bunny Wins
  39. 5
  40. All Owls Goats

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