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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 574 · 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 kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Eight Neat (b) Eight Silly Wet Neat (c) Eight Neat Silly Wet (d) Neat Eight Silly Wet
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) sun (d) tree
  4. 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the planets
  5. 5.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) precipitation (c) evaporation (d) collection
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, van, pillow? (a) Very Pink Crazy (b) Very Crazy Pink (c) Crazy Very Pink (d) Pink Very Crazy
  7. 7.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  8. 8.📅 The digits 28031968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 280/319/68 (b) 2803/19/68 (c) 28/0319/68 (d) 28/03/1968
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) one (b) world (c) planet (d) star
  10. 10.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  12. 12.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
  13. 13.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Pink Cats (b) Every Cats Pink Cats (c) Every Cats Cats Pink (d) Cats Pink Cats Every
  15. 15.True or false: “bite” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) bell (d) rain
  19. 19.🎵 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
  20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, pillow, jug? (a) Pigs Toys Jeeps (b) Toys Pigs Jeeps (c) Jeeps Pigs Toys (d) Pigs Jeeps Toys
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, owl, radio? (a) Owls Green Runs (b) Green Owls Runs (c) Owls Runs Green (d) Runs Owls Green
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bun (b) sock (c) spell (d) fun
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, key, nest, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KANT (b) KNTA (c) TNKA (d) AKNT
  26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  28. 28.📅 The digits 16012020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/120/20 (b) 16/01/2020 (c) 16/0120/20 (d) 1601/20/20
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Frogs Rani (b) Frogs Lions Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Lions Frogs (d) Rani Sing Lions Frogs
  30. 30.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, duck, umbrella, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LUDF (b) DFUL (c) FDUL (d) DULF
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
  33. 33.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
  35. 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My All (c) Funny My All Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps My All
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Seven Goats (b) Goats Wise Seven (c) Wise Goats Seven (d) Seven Wise Goats
  38. 38.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: jug, whistle, needle, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PNWJ (b) JWNP (c) WJNP (d) WNPJ
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking

Answer key

  1. chunking
  2. Neat Eight Silly Wet
  3. tree
  4. the rainbow colours
  5. collection
  6. Crazy Very Pink
  7. 4
  8. 28/03/1968
  9. one
  10. False
  11. 7
  12. the letters make no word
  13. False
  14. Every Cats Pink Cats
  15. False
  16. first letters as a word
  17. NESW
  18. bell
  19. say it aloud often
  20. 6
  21. one word holds a list
  22. Toys Pigs Jeeps
  23. Green Owls Runs
  24. spell
  25. AKNT
  26. a first-letter sentence
  27. VIBGYOR
  28. 16/01/2020
  29. Rani Sing Lions Frogs
  30. numbers and letter lists
  31. FDUL
  32. a silly, funny one
  33. what each letter means
  34. SWG
  35. root
  36. Jeeps Funny My All
  37. Seven Wise Goats
  38. True
  39. JWNP
  40. a rhyme

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