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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 569 · 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) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in the same order
  2. 2.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  3. 3.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) larva (d) adult
  4. 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  5. 5.📅 The digits 03022002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/220/02 (b) 03/0220/02 (c) 0302/20/02 (d) 03/02/2002
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly Mum Ants (b) Fly Mum Ants Jolly (c) Ants Mum Fly Jolly (d) Jolly Fly Mum Ants
  7. 7.📅 The digits 03081991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0819/91 (b) 03/08/1991 (c) 030/819/91 (d) 0308/19/91
  8. 8.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  9. 9.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) cake (d) tree
  11. 11.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
  13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  14. 14.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: violin, needle, bucket, candle, duck. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NVBCD (b) NBCDV (c) VNBCD (d) DCBNV
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, parrot, sock? (a) Pink Inside Seven (b) Pink Seven Inside (c) Inside Pink Seven (d) Seven Pink Inside
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, igloo, mango, spoon, tent is “Lions Ice Mice ___ Tiny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wise (b) Sing (c) Nani (d) Crazy
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, coconut, inkpot? (a) Cats Funny Ice (b) Funny Cats Ice (c) Ice Cats Funny (d) Cats Ice Funny
  19. 19.🔤 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
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, pillow, jeep? (a) Dogs Pigs Jolly (b) Jolly Pigs Dogs (c) Pigs Dogs Jolly (d) Pigs Jolly Dogs
  21. 21.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) true (c) clear (d) known
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Sing Goats (c) Goats Wise Sing (d) Wise Goats Sing
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Seven Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Grab (c) Nani (d) Inside
  27. 27.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) say it aloud often
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Fly Lazy Seven Rani (b) Rani Seven Lazy Fly (c) Seven Rani Lazy Fly (d) Seven Lazy Fly Rani
  29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  30. 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
  31. 31.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Pink Aunty Eat (b) Lazy Eat Pink Aunty (c) Eat Lazy Pink Aunty (d) Aunty Pink Lazy Eat
  33. 33.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Southern
  34. 34.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lock (b) bite (c) kite (d) fight
  36. 36.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 712228784. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 122 287 84 (b) 712 228 784 (c) 712 228 8784 (d) 712 228 748
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) tell (c) shell (d) bee
  40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. in the same order
  2. 3
  3. larva
  4. a first-letter sentence
  5. 03/02/2002
  6. Jolly Fly Mum Ants
  7. 03/08/1991
  8. 4
  9. 9
  10. clock
  11. white
  12. first letters as a word
  13. 6
  14. True
  15. VNBCD
  16. Inside Pink Seven
  17. Sing
  18. Funny Cats Ice
  19. VIBGYOR
  20. Dogs Pigs Jolly
  21. False
  22. true
  23. yellow
  24. three chunks, not ten
  25. Sing Wise Goats
  26. Nani
  27. say it aloud often
  28. Rani Seven Lazy Fly
  29. 7
  30. initials match the list
  31. True
  32. Eat Lazy Pink Aunty
  33. Pacific
  34. a list in a fixed order
  35. lock
  36. a beat or a tune
  37. 712 228 784
  38. a rhyme
  39. bee
  40. False

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