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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 551 · 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.📅 The digits 27111989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 271/119/89 (b) 27/11/1989 (c) 2711/19/89 (d) 27/1119/89
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) smell (b) well (c) spell (d) brain
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, violin, jalebi? (a) Jump Very Ink (b) Ink Very Jump (c) Very Ink Jump (d) Very Jump Ink
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, net, tomato? (a) Nani Dad Tea (b) Tea Nani Dad (c) Nani Tea Dad (d) Dad Nani Tea
  5. 5.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eat (c) Eat Love Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eat
  7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  8. 8.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  9. 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  10. 10.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  11. 11.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vines ___ Big Green Yum Owls Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Yum (c) Inside (d) Love
  13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) fun (c) rake (d) one
  15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 2540151601. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 151 601 (b) 254 015 1610 (c) 254 015 1601 (d) 254 015 16001
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LPAE (c) APLE (d) LEPA
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Sing Wins Neat (b) Eat Neat Sing Wins (c) Neat Eat Sing Wins (d) Wins Sing Eat Neat
  19. 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) main (b) sock (c) bright (d) fun
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eight Love Play Ants (b) Ants Play Love Eight (c) Love Eight Play Ants (d) Love Play Ants Eight
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) clock
  22. 22.📅 The digits 26042006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/04/2006 (b) 260/420/06 (c) 26/0420/06 (d) 2604/20/06
  23. 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) block (b) string (c) make (d) won
  25. 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ice Silly All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pink (b) Tiny (c) Red (d) Aunty
  28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a long story
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) rain (d) king
  30. 30.📅 The digits 23072009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0720/09 (b) 230/720/09 (c) 23/07/2009 (d) 2307/20/09
  31. 31.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 944329686. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 944 392 686 (b) 944 329 6686 (c) 944 329 686 (d) 443 296 86
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for drum, flute, van, inkpot is “Dad Fly ___ Inside”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Kind (c) Aunty (d) Vans
  35. 35.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) wing (b) sing (c) lake (d) write
  37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) spring (b) cane (c) bright (d) tea
  39. 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) JFMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ

Answer key

  1. 27/11/1989
  2. brain
  3. Ink Very Jump
  4. Dad Nani Tea
  5. 2
  6. Eat Love Play Ants
  7. MVEMJSUN
  8. precipitation
  9. 3
  10. a list in a fixed order
  11. numbers and letter lists
  12. Inside
  13. an acronym
  14. rake
  15. False
  16. 254 015 1601
  17. ELPA
  18. Neat Eat Sing Wins
  19. fun
  20. Eight Love Play Ants
  21. bell
  22. 26/04/2006
  23. an acronym
  24. string
  25. 5
  26. a rhyme
  27. Pink
  28. an acronym
  29. tree
  30. 23/07/2009
  31. 4
  32. a silly, funny one
  33. 944 329 686
  34. Vans
  35. one word holds a list
  36. lake
  37. a rhyme
  38. cane
  39. initials match the list
  40. JFMA

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