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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 581 · 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.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
  2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) light (b) wing (c) one (d) lake
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lazy Fly Rani (b) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (d) Rani Sing Lazy Fly
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) violet (b) red (c) indigo (d) blue
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, key, rose, ladder, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLRKU (b) KRLFU (c) UKRLF (d) KURLF
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) kite (c) run (d) bright
  7. 7.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) king (d) cake
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 2045863895. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 204 586 3895 (b) 204 586 385 (c) 204 588 63895 (d) 204 586 3859
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 744901191972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7449 0111 9972 (b) 7449 0119 192 (c) 7449 0111 91972 (d) 7449 0119 1972
  10. 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) smell (b) spring (c) lake (d) sea
  11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Atlantic (d) Pacific
  13. 13.🧰 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) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, goat, kite, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GKUA (b) GAKU (c) UKGA (d) AGKU
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Fly Runs (b) Fly Lions Sing Runs (c) Sing Runs Lions Fly (d) Runs Sing Lions Fly
  16. 16.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  17. 17.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) writing it tiny
  18. 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) write (b) knock (c) sing (d) white
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for net, violin, flute, lemon is “Nine ___ Fly Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Red (c) Kites (d) Very
  20. 20.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in any order
  22. 22.🔤 “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
  23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Sing Green (b) Green Wise Sing (c) Wise Green Sing (d) Sing Wise Green
  25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, spoon, radio? (a) Silly Love Red (b) Love Silly Red (c) Red Silly Love (d) Silly Red Love
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: orange, radio, parrot? (a) Owls Rani Pink (b) Rani Pink Owls (c) Rani Owls Pink (d) Pink Rani Owls
  28. 28.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  29. 29.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  32. 32.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eight Silly Wet (b) Eight Nine Silly Wet (c) Eight Silly Wet Nine (d) Wet Silly Eight Nine
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 1023484667. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 103 248 4667 (b) 102 348 46667 (c) 102 348 4667 (d) 023 484 667
  35. 35.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  36. 36.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) night (b) cake (c) rain (d) king
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Crazy Play Cats (b) Cats Play Crazy Eat (c) Crazy Play Cats Eat (d) Crazy Eat Play Cats
  40. 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence

Answer key

  1. the letters make no word
  2. one
  3. Rani Sing Lazy Fly
  4. indigo
  5. UKRLF
  6. run
  7. cake
  8. 204 586 3895
  9. 7449 0119 1972
  10. sea
  11. False
  12. Southern
  13. a rhyme
  14. AGKU
  15. Runs Sing Lions Fly
  16. the rainbow colours
  17. a beat or a tune
  18. sing
  19. Very
  20. a first-letter sentence
  21. in the same order
  22. white
  23. what each letter means
  24. Sing Wise Green
  25. False
  26. Love Silly Red
  27. Owls Rani Pink
  28. a list in a fixed order
  29. True
  30. means something to you
  31. RSLF
  32. splitting into groups
  33. Nine Eight Silly Wet
  34. 102 348 4667
  35. 4
  36. True
  37. rain
  38. SWG
  39. Eat Crazy Play Cats
  40. an acronym

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