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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 619 · 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.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) free (b) cold (c) long (d) fast
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4077734766. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 407 773 47666 (b) 407 734 766 (c) 407 773 4766 (d) 470 773 4766
  3. 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  4. 4.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) orange (b) indigo (c) blue (d) green
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 787122657149. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7871 2265 749 (b) 7871 2265 7194 (c) 7871 2265 7149 (d) 7871 2226 57149
  6. 6.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, ladder, key? (a) Kids Love Red (b) Love Kids Red (c) Love Red Kids (d) Red Love Kids
  8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
  9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 651244212. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 652 442 12 (b) 651 124 4212 (c) 615 244 212 (d) 651 244 212
  10. 10.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  11. 11.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, ladder, inkpot, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ALIW (b) LIWA (c) LAIW (d) WILA
  13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Aunty (c) Seven (d) Dad
  15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
  16. 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) free (c) lake (d) tea
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  18. 18.📅 The digits 13021992 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0219/92 (b) 1302/19/92 (c) 130/219/92 (d) 13/02/1992
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) make (b) knock (c) lake (d) bake
  20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 630071656. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 630 077 1656 (b) 630 071 656 (c) 630 076 156 (d) 300 716 56
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6149098311. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 641 909 8311 (b) 661 490 98311 (c) 614 909 831 (d) 614 909 8311
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 3252360910. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 325 236 090 (b) 325 236 0901 (c) 325 236 0910 (d) 325 236 00910
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, orange, pillow? (a) Old Wise Pigs (b) Wise Old Pigs (c) Pigs Old Wise (d) Old Pigs Wise
  25. 25.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
  26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) songs (b) tricks (c) games (d) steps
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, orange, lamp? (a) Lions Only Nine (b) Only Nine Lions (c) Only Lions Nine (d) Nine Only Lions
  28. 28.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, candle, duck? (a) Dance Cook Uncle (b) Uncle Cook Dance (c) Cook Dance Uncle (d) Cook Uncle Dance
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, urn, candle? (a) Runs Uncle Cats (b) Uncle Cats Runs (c) Cats Uncle Runs (d) Uncle Runs Cats
  31. 31.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) sun (d) rain
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a dull, plain one
  33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 5391958438. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 539 195 8438 (b) 539 919 58438 (c) 539 159 8438 (d) 539 195 438
  35. 35.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
  36. 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: needle, flute, inkpot, vase, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FNIVG (b) FIVGN (c) NFIVG (d) GVIFN
  37. 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, umbrella, violin, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVJN (b) JVUN (c) UNVJ (d) NUVJ
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) light (c) fun (d) one
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, parrot, banana, rope, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NRBPA (b) APBRN (c) PABRN (d) PBRNA
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 691622936. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 691 622 9936 (b) 696 122 936 (c) 696 229 36 (d) 691 622 936

Answer key

  1. free
  2. 407 773 4766
  3. first letters as a word
  4. orange
  5. 7871 2265 7149
  6. False
  7. Red Love Kids
  8. an acronym
  9. 651 244 212
  10. 4
  11. False
  12. ALIW
  13. 5
  14. Seven
  15. the rainbow colours
  16. lake
  17. an acronym
  18. 13/02/1992
  19. knock
  20. 9
  21. 630 071 656
  22. 614 909 8311
  23. 325 236 0910
  24. Wise Old Pigs
  25. numbers and letter lists
  26. tricks
  27. Nine Only Lions
  28. False
  29. Uncle Cook Dance
  30. Runs Uncle Cats
  31. rain
  32. a silly, funny one
  33. in the same order
  34. 539 195 8438
  35. what each letter means
  36. NFIVG
  37. NUVJ
  38. light
  39. APBRN
  40. 691 622 936

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