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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 555 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  2. 2.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) cake (d) sun
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Sing Wet (b) Eat Sing Wet Neat (c) Eat Neat Sing Wet (d) Wet Sing Eat Neat
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pigs Crazy Eight (b) Eight Crazy Pigs Cats (c) Crazy Eight Pigs Cats (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eight
  5. 5.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they need no practice
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, jalebi, cat, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FJCI (b) JFCI (c) ICJF (d) JCIF
  7. 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Fly (c) Rani (d) Sing
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  9. 9.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eight Pigs Ants (b) Eight Love Pigs Ants (c) Ants Pigs Love Eight (d) Love Pigs Ants Eight
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  13. 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) sock (b) smell (c) sea (d) fight
  14. 14.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  15. 15.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 7 (R) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) red (d) indigo
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, rope, vase? (a) Runs Very Kids (b) Very Runs Kids (c) Runs Kids Very (d) Kids Runs Very
  17. 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  18. 18.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) known (d) clear
  19. 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) April (d) March
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, glass, vase? (a) Runs Goats Very (b) Goats Runs Very (c) Goats Very Runs (d) Very Goats Runs
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ton (b) lane (c) main (d) train
  22. 22.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 490048000. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 490 048 00 (b) 490 084 000 (c) 490 004 8000 (d) 490 048 000
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, watch, banana, cat, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WBCDM (b) DCBWM (c) WMBCD (d) MWBCD
  25. 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) chain (c) cane (d) light
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  29. 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) fight (b) shake (c) block (d) ring
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, lemon, banana? (a) Bakes Love Dogs (b) Love Dogs Bakes (c) Dogs Love Bakes (d) Love Bakes Dogs
  31. 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  33. 33.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 7161859502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 685 9502 (b) 711 618 59502 (c) 161 859 502 (d) 716 185 9502
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 247966214. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 662 14 (b) 274 966 214 (c) 247 966 6214 (d) 247 966 214
  36. 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
  37. 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  39. 39.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📅 The digits 19071978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 190/719/78 (b) 19/07/1978 (c) 19/0719/78 (d) 1907/19/78

Answer key

  1. one word holds a list
  2. king
  3. Neat Eat Sing Wet
  4. Eight Crazy Pigs Cats
  5. sound patterns stick
  6. FJCI
  7. Sing
  8. a rhyme
  9. a list in a fixed order
  10. chunking
  11. Eight Love Pigs Ants
  12. JFMA
  13. smell
  14. 9
  15. red
  16. Kids Runs Very
  17. the rainbow colours
  18. true
  19. January
  20. Runs Goats Very
  21. ton
  22. initials match the list
  23. 490 048 000
  24. MWBCD
  25. False
  26. light
  27. first letters as a word
  28. a rhyme
  29. fight
  30. Dogs Love Bakes
  31. False
  32. a silly, funny one
  33. 19 and 47
  34. 716 185 9502
  35. 247 966 214
  36. splitting into groups
  37. chunking
  38. SWG
  39. True
  40. 19/07/1978

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