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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 562 · 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.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Australia (d) Africa
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IVBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) clear (c) true (d) known
  4. 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sock (b) knee (c) make (d) sing
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, candle, jug, guava, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IGJCP (b) PCJGI (c) CJGIP (d) CPJGI
  6. 6.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Lions Frogs Red (b) Seven Red Lions Frogs (c) Frogs Lions Seven Red (d) Red Seven Lions Frogs
  8. 8.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔤 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
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Sing Wet (b) Wet Sing Every Nine (c) Every Sing Wet Nine (d) Nine Every Sing Wet
  11. 11.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LEPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) ELPA
  15. 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
  17. 17.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bee (b) train (c) spell (d) shock
  18. 18.📅 The digits 14072001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/07/2001 (b) 140/720/01 (c) 1407/20/01 (d) 14/0720/01
  19. 19.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2002025496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 200 220 5496 (b) 200 202 5496 (c) 200 202 54496 (d) 200 225 496
  22. 22.📅 The digits 11021952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0219/52 (b) 11/02/1952 (c) 1102/19/52 (d) 110/219/52
  23. 23.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  24. 24.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  25. 25.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) indigo
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lamp, parrot, orange? (a) Pink Lions Only (b) Only Pink Lions (c) Lions Pink Only (d) Pink Only Lions
  27. 27.📅 The digits 18082023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1808/20/23 (b) 180/820/23 (c) 18/0820/23 (d) 18/08/2023
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  29. 29.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, banana, anchor, frog is “___ Bakes All Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Crazy (c) Nine (d) Grab
  32. 32.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Big Goats ___ Old Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Dad (c) Yum (d) Green
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 3 (E) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  35. 35.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  36. 36.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) saying it backwards (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, jalebi, lemon? (a) Lazy Jump Mum (b) Jump Mum Lazy (c) Mum Jump Lazy (d) Jump Lazy Mum
  38. 38.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 971206876. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 791 206 876 (b) 971 068 76 (c) 971 206 8766 (d) 971 206 876
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, doll, net? (a) Wise Dad Nani (b) Nani Dad Wise (c) Dad Nani Wise (d) Dad Wise Nani

Answer key

  1. Australia
  2. VIBGYOR
  3. true
  4. sing
  5. PCJGI
  6. chunking
  7. Red Seven Lions Frogs
  8. True
  9. NESW
  10. Nine Every Sing Wet
  11. False
  12. False
  13. 4
  14. ELPA
  15. first letters as a word
  16. in the same order
  17. shock
  18. 14/07/2001
  19. True
  20. what each letter means
  21. 200 202 5496
  22. 11/02/1952
  23. stem
  24. 5
  25. green
  26. Lions Pink Only
  27. 18/08/2023
  28. chunking
  29. means something to you
  30. JFMA
  31. Crazy
  32. 3
  33. Yum
  34. Earth
  35. chunking
  36. splitting into groups
  37. Mum Jump Lazy
  38. initials match the list
  39. 971 206 876
  40. Wise Dad Nani

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