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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 608 · 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.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
  3. 3.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  4. 4.📅 The digits 24041976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/04/1976 (b) 2404/19/76 (c) 240/419/76 (d) 24/0419/76
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, jeep, cat? (a) Funny Jolly Crazy (b) Crazy Jolly Funny (c) Jolly Crazy Funny (d) Jolly Funny Crazy
  6. 6.True or false: “three” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
  8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jalebi, duck, ant, frog, watch is “Jolly Dance ___ Funny Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Aunty (c) Owls (d) Every
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
  10. 10.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) FJMA
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, jeep, drum, mango, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JLDMO (b) OMDJL (c) JDMOL (d) LJDMO
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, wallet, coconut, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WRCK (b) KCWR (c) RWCK (d) WCKR
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, drum, kite? (a) Kids Dogs Up (b) Up Dogs Kids (c) Dogs Up Kids (d) Dogs Kids Up
  15. 15.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) night (d) bell
  16. 16.📅 The digits 03061955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0619/55 (b) 03/06/1955 (c) 030/619/55 (d) 0306/19/55
  17. 17.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) west (b) south (c) north (d) east
  18. 18.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) three chunks, not ten
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) brain (c) cane (d) chain
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cats Cats Pigs (b) Eight Cats Pigs Cats (c) Cats Pigs Cats Eight (d) Cats Eight Pigs Cats
  21. 21.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) first letters as a word
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) light (c) white (d) won
  23. 23.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  24. 24.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, ball, watch? (a) Play Bunny Wins (b) Wins Bunny Play (c) Bunny Play Wins (d) Bunny Wins Play
  26. 26.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  27. 27.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  29. 29.📅 The digits 02101967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 021/019/67 (b) 02/1019/67 (c) 02/10/1967 (d) 0210/19/67
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Seven Rani (b) Seven Love Funny Rani (c) Rani Seven Love Funny (d) Seven Rani Love Funny
  31. 31.🧰 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
  32. 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  33. 33.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pigs Cats Eat (b) Cats Pigs Crazy Eat (c) Eat Cats Pigs Crazy (d) Cats Eat Pigs Crazy
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Every Nine (b) Nine Every Seven Wise (c) Every Nine Seven Wise (d) Every Seven Wise Nine
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
  39. 39.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) again (c) fast (d) more

Answer key

  1. means something to you
  2. MVEMJSUN
  3. 6
  4. 24/04/1976
  5. Funny Jolly Crazy
  6. False
  7. one word holds a list
  8. Aunty
  9. in the same order
  10. False
  11. JFMA
  12. LJDMO
  13. RWCK
  14. Up Dogs Kids
  15. night
  16. 03/06/1955
  17. south
  18. three chunks, not ten
  19. bake
  20. Eight Cats Pigs Cats
  21. first letters as a word
  22. won
  23. initials match the list
  24. know
  25. Play Bunny Wins
  26. egg
  27. False
  28. a first-letter sentence
  29. 02/10/1967
  30. Rani Seven Love Funny
  31. chunking
  32. numbers and letter lists
  33. 19 and 47
  34. Eat Cats Pigs Crazy
  35. Nine Every Seven Wise
  36. Atlantic
  37. leaf
  38. PAISA
  39. Jupiter
  40. more

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