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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 585 · 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.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) sound patterns stick (b) they are longer (c) they are always true (d) they need no practice
  2. 2.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
  3. 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  4. 4.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ESWN
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) ROYGBIV (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat ___ Pink Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Rani (c) Kids (d) Crazy
  9. 9.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) read it once silently (c) change it each day (d) say it aloud often
  10. 10.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
  11. 11.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) larva (b) adult (c) egg (d) pupa
  12. 12.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
  14. 14.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) North America (d) Asia
  16. 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pigs Ants Ice Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) All (c) Green (d) Nine
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for banana, tent, jug, umpire, net is “Bakes ___ Jeeps Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Tiny (c) Goats (d) Very
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, apple, goat, bucket, orange is “Jump ___ Goats Bunny Old”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Pink (c) Aunty (d) Yum
  19. 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) king (d) clock
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2258641371. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 225 841 371 (b) 225 864 1317 (c) 225 864 13771 (d) 225 864 1371
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6423259098. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 642 325 9098 (b) 642 325 90998 (c) 642 352 9098 (d) 623 259 098
  23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 700359403977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7003 5940 3977 (b) 7005 9403 977 (c) 7005 3940 3977 (d) 7003 5944 03977
  25. 25.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Big ___ Yaks Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Jump (c) Pink (d) Every
  27. 27.📅 The digits 01112021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/11/2021 (b) 011/120/21 (c) 0111/20/21 (d) 01/1120/21
  28. 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) APISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) block (c) shock (d) bun
  32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  33. 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Grab (b) Wet Seven Grab (c) Grab Wet Seven (d) Wet Grab Seven
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, bucket, duck, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JBDK (b) BDKJ (c) KDBJ (d) BJDK
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CPCE
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Ink (c) Every (d) Up
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight Cats ___ Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Under (c) Play (d) Mice
  39. 39.📅 The digits 08081987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/819/87 (b) 0808/19/87 (c) 08/08/1987 (d) 08/0819/87
  40. 40.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) precipitation (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) collection

Answer key

  1. sound patterns stick
  2. initials match the list
  3. what each letter means
  4. False
  5. NESW
  6. VIBGYOR
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. Crazy
  9. say it aloud often
  10. a first-letter sentence
  11. larva
  12. True
  13. 19 and 47
  14. True
  15. North America
  16. All
  17. Tiny
  18. Aunty
  19. True
  20. king
  21. 225 864 1371
  22. 642 325 9098
  23. a silly, funny one
  24. 7003 5940 3977
  25. True
  26. Grab
  27. 01/11/2021
  28. PAISA
  29. JFMA
  30. chunking
  31. bun
  32. a rhyme
  33. Seven Wet Grab
  34. JBDK
  35. an acronym
  36. ECPC
  37. Sing
  38. Play
  39. 08/08/1987
  40. collection

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