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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 561 · 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.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) chain (b) wake (c) free (d) one
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, rope, glass, jeep is “Kind ___ Grab Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Rani (c) Frogs (d) Cats
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (b) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (c) Cook Eight Pigs Cook (d) Eight Cook Pigs Cook
  7. 7.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Africa (d) South America
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 517625636352. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5176 2536 6352 (b) 5176 2563 6352 (c) 5162 5636 352 (d) 5177 6256 36352
  9. 9.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no practice (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
  10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
  12. 12.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does “swing” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) king (c) bell (d) tree
  14. 14.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, tomato, spoon? (a) Toys Uncle Silly (b) Uncle Toys Silly (c) Toys Silly Uncle (d) Silly Toys Uncle
  16. 16.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) ring (c) sing (d) swing
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 502487692241. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5028 7692 241 (b) 5024 8769 2241 (c) 5204 8769 2241 (d) 5502 4876 92241
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, kite, apple, urn, lemon is “Toys ___ All Up Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Lazy (c) Eat (d) Kites
  20. 20.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
  21. 21.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  22. 22.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, onion, guava? (a) Owls Goats Bunny (b) Goats Owls Bunny (c) Bunny Owls Goats (d) Owls Bunny Goats
  24. 24.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  25. 25.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, rose, watch? (a) Vines Runs Wise (b) Runs Vines Wise (c) Wise Runs Vines (d) Runs Wise Vines
  27. 27.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Southern (d) Arctic
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  29. 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, wallet, parrot, guava, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CWPGN (b) WPGNC (c) WCPGN (d) NGPWC
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, kite, fan? (a) Fly Kites Uncle (b) Kites Fly Uncle (c) Uncle Kites Fly (d) Kites Uncle Fly
  31. 31.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  32. 32.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) March (b) January (c) April (d) February
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, monkey, pencil, kite, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FKPMT (b) MPKFT (c) MTPKF (d) TMPKF
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty All ___ Silly All Eat Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Every (c) Nani (d) Dogs
  35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) knee (b) lake (c) lock (d) ton
  36. 36.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) ring (b) wing (c) wake (d) write
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Pigs Cook (b) Cook Pigs Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Cook Pigs (d) Eat Cook Pigs Cook
  39. 39.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  40. 40.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune

Answer key

  1. Venus
  2. free
  3. Rani
  4. chunking
  5. one word holds a list
  6. Eight Cook Pigs Cook
  7. Africa
  8. 5176 2563 6352
  9. sound patterns stick
  10. False
  11. three chunks, not ten
  12. 2
  13. king
  14. 5
  15. Uncle Toys Silly
  16. 19 and 47
  17. kite
  18. 5024 8769 2241
  19. Kites
  20. means something to you
  21. initials match the list
  22. 4
  23. Bunny Owls Goats
  24. west
  25. 9
  26. Vines Runs Wise
  27. Pacific
  28. VIBGYOR
  29. CWPGN
  30. Uncle Kites Fly
  31. north
  32. April
  33. TMPKF
  34. Nani
  35. lock
  36. True
  37. wake
  38. Eat Cook Pigs Cook
  39. 4
  40. a beat or a tune

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