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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 570 · 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.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, radio, banana? (a) Funny Rani Bakes (b) Bakes Rani Funny (c) Rani Funny Bakes (d) Rani Bakes Funny
  2. 2.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📅 The digits 08051990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/519/90 (b) 0805/19/90 (c) 08/05/1990 (d) 08/0519/90
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Wise Goats Seven (c) Seven Wise Goats (d) Goats Wise Seven
  5. 5.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  6. 6.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Play Cook (b) Cook Eight Play Cook (c) Cook Play Cook Eight (d) Eight Cook Cook Play
  8. 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) writing it twice
  9. 9.📅 The digits 09111996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0911/19/96 (b) 09/1119/96 (c) 09/11/1996 (d) 091/119/96
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 903340338131. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9033 3403 38131 (b) 9033 4038 3131 (c) 9033 4033 8131 (d) 9034 0338 131
  11. 11.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 535268743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 535 287 43 (b) 535 268 734 (c) 535 268 743 (d) 535 268 8743
  13. 13.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) king (d) night
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 1945280553. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 194 452 80553 (b) 194 528 0553 (c) 194 528 055 (d) 194 258 0553
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for key, cat, wallet, duck, orange is “Kind Cats Wins ___ Owls”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eat (b) Yaks (c) Mum (d) Dance
  16. 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
  17. 17.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) chunking
  19. 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) long (c) cold (d) fast
  20. 20.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 792578180093. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7925 7818 0093 (b) 7925 7781 80093 (c) 7927 5818 0093 (d) 7925 7180 093
  22. 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, rope, mango, coconut is “Toys ___ My Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Grab (c) Rani (d) Up
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
  25. 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) Australia (d) North America
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  27. 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Every Crazy Play ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Aunty (c) Cook (d) Vans
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  31. 31.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  32. 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) sea (c) done (d) free
  33. 33.📅 The digits 17092013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 170/920/13 (b) 1709/20/13 (c) 17/09/2013 (d) 17/0920/13
  34. 34.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Pigs Cats (b) Crazy Eat Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1665059468. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 166 650 59468 (b) 166 550 9468 (c) 165 059 468 (d) 166 505 9468
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  39. 39.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA

Answer key

  1. Funny Rani Bakes
  2. True
  3. 08/05/1990
  4. Seven Wise Goats
  5. the letters make no word
  6. True
  7. Eight Cook Play Cook
  8. splitting into groups
  9. 09/11/1996
  10. 9033 4033 8131
  11. one word holds a list
  12. 535 268 743
  13. cake
  14. 194 528 0553
  15. Dance
  16. three chunks, not ten
  17. True
  18. a first-letter sentence
  19. free
  20. False
  21. 7925 7818 0093
  22. Rani
  23. JFMA
  24. a silly, funny one
  25. Australia
  26. what each letter means
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Cook
  30. ELPA
  31. a first-letter sentence
  32. done
  33. 17/09/2013
  34. True
  35. Eat Crazy Pigs Cats
  36. 166 505 9468
  37. Jupiter
  38. MVEMJSUN
  39. first letters as a word
  40. PAISA

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