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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 578 · 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 for radio, lemon, tent, orange, banana is “___ Love Tiny Only Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Crazy (c) Runs (d) Up
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) three (c) bee (d) sea
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) red (d) violet
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) sell (c) well (d) smell
  6. 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  7. 7.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: goat, jalebi, kettle, umbrella, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TUKJG (b) JGKUT (c) GJKUT (d) JKUTG
  9. 9.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) leaf (c) flower (d) stem
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, mirror, ice cream? (a) Ink Mum Vans (b) Vans Mum Ink (c) Mum Ink Vans (d) Mum Vans Ink
  12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
  13. 13.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a picture
  14. 14.📅 The digits 23102010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/10/2010 (b) 23/1020/10 (c) 2310/20/10 (d) 231/020/10
  15. 15.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lamp, fan? (a) Dogs Lazy Frogs (b) Lazy Dogs Frogs (c) Lazy Frogs Dogs (d) Frogs Lazy Dogs
  17. 17.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
  18. 18.True or false: “swing” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) rain (d) sun
  20. 20.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 902299586482. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9022 9958 6482 (b) 9022 9985 6482 (c) 9022 9586 482 (d) 9022 9995 86482
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 978568609. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 975 686 09 (b) 978 568 609 (c) 978 568 6099 (d) 987 568 609
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: monkey, ant, wallet? (a) Wet Ants Mice (b) Ants Wet Mice (c) Mice Ants Wet (d) Ants Mice Wet
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, inkpot, umbrella? (a) Ice Ants Up (b) Ice Up Ants (c) Up Ice Ants (d) Ants Ice Up
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) backwards
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, mirror, kite? (a) Kids Mum Goats (b) Goats Mum Kids (c) Mum Goats Kids (d) Mum Kids Goats
  28. 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) star (c) planet (d) one
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Neat (b) Wins Silly Every Neat (c) Neat Every Silly Wins (d) Every Neat Silly Wins
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, parrot, rose? (a) Red Play Under (b) Play Under Red (c) Play Red Under (d) Under Play Red
  31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for glass, pencil, whistle, drum is “___ Pink Wet Dance”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Young (c) Nani (d) Green
  32. 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 288258628516. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2882 5862 5816 (b) 2882 5628 516 (c) 2888 2586 28516 (d) 2882 5862 8516
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) cane (b) main (c) kite (d) lane
  35. 35.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Arctic
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, rope, jalebi, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RSJM (b) SRJM (c) RJMS (d) MJRS
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 5220351702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 522 035 1702 (b) 520 351 702 (c) 522 035 11702 (d) 522 031 5702
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vans Eight Mice ___ Sing Under Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Vines (c) Jeeps (d) Wet
  39. 39.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  40. 40.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) clock (c) night (d) rain

Answer key

  1. Runs
  2. a silly, funny one
  3. sing
  4. indigo
  5. cane
  6. initials match the list
  7. an acronym
  8. GJKUT
  9. leaf
  10. what each letter means
  11. Vans Mum Ink
  12. first letters as a word
  13. a list in a fixed order
  14. 23/10/2010
  15. a memory trick
  16. Dogs Lazy Frogs
  17. the letters make no word
  18. False
  19. sun
  20. True
  21. true
  22. 9022 9958 6482
  23. 978 568 609
  24. Mice Ants Wet
  25. Ants Ice Up
  26. in the same order
  27. Goats Mum Kids
  28. one
  29. Neat Every Silly Wins
  30. Under Play Red
  31. Green
  32. one word holds a list
  33. 2882 5862 8516
  34. kite
  35. Arctic
  36. SRJM
  37. 522 035 1702
  38. Jeeps
  39. a rhyme
  40. night

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