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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 571 · 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) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) WGS
  3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wing (b) cane (c) shell (d) shock
  4. 4.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) leaf (d) stem
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) swing (c) well (d) ring
  6. 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  7. 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) fast (c) twice (d) more
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2743741514. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 374 1514 (b) 274 374 1541 (c) 277 437 41514 (d) 243 741 514
  9. 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
  10. 10.📅 The digits 18041951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/419/51 (b) 1804/19/51 (c) 18/04/1951 (d) 18/0419/51
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Cook Every (b) Cats Every Pink Cook (c) Every Cats Pink Cook (d) Cook Pink Cats Every
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Neat ___ Seven Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Fly (c) Every (d) Rani
  13. 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wet ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Frogs (c) Goats (d) Silly
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Sing Lazy Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Vines (c) Young (d) Funny
  15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  16. 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) chain (b) string (c) write (d) lock
  17. 17.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) green (b) violet (c) orange (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “wake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) night (c) rain (d) tree
  21. 21.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  22. 22.📅 The digits 26032005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/320/05 (b) 2603/20/05 (c) 26/03/2005 (d) 26/0320/05
  23. 23.📅 The digits 07101975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/10/1975 (b) 071/019/75 (c) 07/1019/75 (d) 0710/19/75
  24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, fan, tiger, sock, ice cream. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FTSID (b) ISTFD (c) DFTSI (d) FDTSI
  25. 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, needle, anchor, pencil, monkey is “Cats ___ Ants Pink Mum”. Which word fills the gap? (a) My (b) Neat (c) Uncle (d) Pink
  26. 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) tea (b) sea (c) knee (d) shell
  27. 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
  28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) wake (b) key (c) spring (d) shake
  29. 29.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  31. 31.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) snake (b) bite (c) three (d) bun
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, owl, shoe, radio, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVSRK (b) OSRKV (c) KRSOV (d) VOSRK
  34. 34.📅 The digits 22081969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/0819/69 (b) 22/08/1969 (c) 220/819/69 (d) 2208/19/69
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  36. 36.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sing (b) lake (c) bright (d) bite
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wet Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Green (c) Cook (d) Sing
  38. 38.✏️ 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
  39. 39.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Cook Every (b) Cook Play Cats Every (c) Cook Every Play Cats (d) Every Cook Play Cats

Answer key

  1. in the same order
  2. SWG
  3. shell
  4. root
  5. well
  6. Pacific
  7. more
  8. 274 374 1514
  9. initials match the list
  10. 18/04/1951
  11. Every Cats Pink Cook
  12. Every
  13. Goats
  14. Red
  15. 8
  16. lock
  17. orange
  18. True
  19. what each letter means
  20. cake
  21. a rhyme
  22. 26/03/2005
  23. 07/10/1975
  24. DFTSI
  25. Neat
  26. shell
  27. a list in a fixed order
  28. spring
  29. one word holds a list
  30. leaf
  31. True
  32. bun
  33. VOSRK
  34. 22/08/1969
  35. chunking
  36. sing
  37. Sing
  38. the letters make no word
  39. 3
  40. Every Cook Play Cats

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