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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 554 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: owl, apple, doll, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OADN (b) AODN (c) NDAO (d) ADNO
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 3392684006. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 264 006 (b) 339 286 4006 (c) 333 926 84006 (d) 339 268 4006
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, rope, mirror, umbrella, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RPMUD (b) PRMUD (c) RMUDP (d) DUMRP
  7. 7.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) light (b) make (c) snake (d) tea
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, frog, duck, whistle, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TWDFI (b) FIDWT (c) IFDWT (d) FDWTI
  9. 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  10. 10.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are longer
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  12. 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bun (b) rake (c) cane (d) run
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) fun (c) won (d) rake
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 242294094. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 294 094 (b) 242 240 94 (c) 242 294 094 (d) 242 294 4094
  15. 15.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
  16. 16.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  17. 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) white (b) thing (c) smell (d) key
  18. 18.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Silly Eight Neat (b) Eight Silly Wise Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wise (d) Eight Neat Silly Wise
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  22. 22.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, pillow, tiger? (a) Love Pink Tiny (b) Pink Love Tiny (c) Pink Tiny Love (d) Tiny Pink Love
  24. 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) tricks (d) songs
  25. 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) thing (b) lock (c) sell (d) bee
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  29. 29.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wise Nine (b) Wise Seven Eight Nine (c) Nine Eight Seven Wise (d) Eight Nine Seven Wise
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Ants My Fly Jump (b) Jump Fly My Ants (c) Fly Jump My Ants (d) Fly My Ants Jump
  32. 32.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  33. 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, umpire, coconut? (a) Crazy Uncle Only (b) Uncle Only Crazy (c) Only Uncle Crazy (d) Uncle Crazy Only
  35. 35.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  37. 37.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  38. 38.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Southern
  39. 39.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) violet (d) yellow
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9510424321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 042 4321 (b) 951 042 4312 (c) 951 042 43211 (d) 910 424 321

Answer key

  1. in the same order
  2. OADN
  3. VIBGYOR
  4. chunking
  5. 339 268 4006
  6. PRMUD
  7. tea
  8. IFDWT
  9. what each letter means
  10. sound patterns stick
  11. ECPC
  12. cane
  13. rake
  14. 242 294 094
  15. numbers and letter lists
  16. 4
  17. smell
  18. False
  19. a rhyme
  20. Neat Eight Silly Wise
  21. SWG
  22. 5
  23. Love Pink Tiny
  24. tricks
  25. splitting into groups
  26. thing
  27. a first-letter sentence
  28. a silly, funny one
  29. Indian
  30. Nine Eight Seven Wise
  31. Jump Fly My Ants
  32. a list in a fixed order
  33. one word holds a list
  34. Only Uncle Crazy
  35. False
  36. NESW
  37. three chunks, not ten
  38. Atlantic
  39. indigo
  40. 951 042 4321

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