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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 553 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, owl, radio, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DORK (b) KROD (c) ORKD (d) ODRK
  2. 2.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, banana, flute, anchor is “Jolly Bakes Fly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Red (c) Old (d) Crazy
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 910153962074. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9011 5396 2074 (b) 9101 5396 207 (c) 9101 5396 20744 (d) 9101 5396 2074
  6. 6.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  8. 8.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  9. 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bright (b) plane (c) swing (d) bite
  10. 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for guava, fan, violin, mango is “___ Funny Very Mice”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Uncle (c) Kids (d) Grab
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) ENSW (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  12. 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) songs (c) steps (d) tricks
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Grab Sing (b) Wet Sing Grab (c) Sing Wet Grab (d) Grab Wet Sing
  14. 14.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
  15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mum ___ Every My Jolly Sing Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Goats (c) Tiny (d) Very
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VEMJSUNM
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) make (c) fight (d) bake
  19. 19.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) chain (b) shake (c) smell (d) bite
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  21. 21.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) wake (c) main (d) snake
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, ball, watch? (a) Wise Bakes My (b) Bakes My Wise (c) Bakes Wise My (d) My Bakes Wise
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, shoe, candle? (a) Sing Cook Frogs (b) Sing Frogs Cook (c) Cook Sing Frogs (d) Frogs Sing Cook
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) night (d) king
  27. 27.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jolly (b) Funny Jolly My Aunty (c) Funny My Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My Aunty
  29. 29.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) lake (c) bake (d) spell
  31. 31.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Very Every Mice Jump Seven ___ Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Uncle (c) Yaks (d) Nani
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, flute, van, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FCVA (b) FVAC (c) AVFC (d) CFVA
  34. 34.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 1599010315. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 159 901 0351 (b) 159 901 0315 (c) 159 910 315 (d) 155 990 10315
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
  37. 37.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bright (b) swing (c) snake (d) block
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, duck, anchor? (a) Dogs Jolly Ants (b) Jolly Dogs Ants (c) Dogs Ants Jolly (d) Ants Dogs Jolly
  40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

Answer key

  1. DORK
  2. 19 and 47
  3. what each letter means
  4. Ants
  5. 9101 5396 2074
  6. a rhyme
  7. a first-letter sentence
  8. 2
  9. plane
  10. Grab
  11. NESW
  12. tricks
  13. Sing Wet Grab
  14. first letters as a word
  15. 6
  16. Very
  17. MVEMJSUN
  18. fight
  19. chain
  20. PAISA
  21. 5
  22. main
  23. My Bakes Wise
  24. in the same order
  25. Frogs Sing Cook
  26. night
  27. chunking
  28. Jolly Funny My Aunty
  29. three chunks, not ten
  30. spell
  31. False
  32. Uncle
  33. CFVA
  34. the letters make no word
  35. 159 901 0315
  36. a silly, funny one
  37. 2
  38. swing
  39. Jolly Dogs Ants
  40. 6

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