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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 614 · 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: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  2. 2.📅 The digits 13071958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 130/719/58 (b) 13/0719/58 (c) 13/07/1958 (d) 1307/19/58
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, rose, owl, vase, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LVORI (b) RIOVL (c) ROVLI (d) IROVL
  4. 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bake (b) bee (c) rake (d) lake
  5. 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the planets
  6. 6.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
  8. 8.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  9. 9.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  11. 11.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) changes daily
  12. 12.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Europe
  14. 14.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, lemon, mirror, onion, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMOIC (b) CLMOI (c) LCMOI (d) IOMLC
  16. 16.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  17. 17.True or false: “shake” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, anchor, frog, tomato, parrot is “Crazy Aunty ___ Toys Pink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Ants (c) Kites (d) Fly
  20. 20.📅 The digits 14122003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/1220/03 (b) 1412/20/03 (c) 14/12/2003 (d) 141/220/03
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) bell (d) sun
  22. 22.📅 The digits 13101957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 131/019/57 (b) 13/1019/57 (c) 1310/19/57 (d) 13/10/1957
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, banana, lemon, frog, onion. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BULFO (b) OFLBU (c) BLFOU (d) UBLFO
  24. 24.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
  25. 25.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) an acronym word (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  26. 26.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) north (b) east (c) west (d) south
  27. 27.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) Africa (d) Antarctica
  28. 28.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, ant, jalebi, rose. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AWJR (b) RJAW (c) AJRW (d) WAJR
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Goats Wins Silly (b) Silly Wins Goats (c) Wins Silly Goats (d) Wins Goats Silly
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, tiger, needle? (a) Neat Tiny Sing (b) Sing Tiny Neat (c) Tiny Neat Sing (d) Tiny Sing Neat
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, jeep, wallet, net, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJWNT (b) JWNTK (c) JKWNT (d) TNWJK
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  35. 35.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Indian (d) Arctic
  37. 37.🔤 “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
  38. 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Silly Wet ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Big (c) Wins (d) All
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) AISAP (b) ASIAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA

Answer key

  1. a rhyme
  2. 13/07/1958
  3. IROVL
  4. bee
  5. the rainbow colours
  6. 3
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. 2
  9. True
  10. what each letter means
  11. means something to you
  12. False
  13. Europe
  14. 19 and 47
  15. CLMOI
  16. 3
  17. False
  18. Pacific
  19. Fly
  20. 14/12/2003
  21. bell
  22. 13/10/1957
  23. UBLFO
  24. the letters make no word
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. north
  27. Australia
  28. 9
  29. first letters as a word
  30. WAJR
  31. Silly Wins Goats
  32. Sing Tiny Neat
  33. KJWNT
  34. AANSAEA
  35. splitting into groups
  36. Arctic
  37. white
  38. JFMA
  39. Goats
  40. PAISA

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