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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 620 · 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.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
  5. 5.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, urn, ball, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UNBG (b) GBUN (c) UBGN (d) NUBG
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, frog, tent? (a) Fly Crazy Tea (b) Tea Fly Crazy (c) Crazy Fly Tea (d) Fly Tea Crazy
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 775238740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 775 238 7440 (b) 775 237 40 (c) 775 238 740 (d) 775 238 704
  9. 9.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) changes daily
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 223310957. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 233 109 57 (b) 223 310 957 (c) 223 310 9957 (d) 223 130 957
  11. 11.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
  12. 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, mirror, frog, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TMFL (b) MTFL (c) MFLT (d) LFMT
  13. 13.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 890675520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 890 675 20 (b) 899 067 5520 (c) 890 765 520 (d) 890 675 520
  15. 15.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 2246960599. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 224 696 059 (b) 224 696 0599 (c) 224 696 00599 (d) 226 496 0599
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) king (d) tree
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, ladder, duck? (a) Dad Lazy Toys (b) Lazy Toys Dad (c) Toys Lazy Dad (d) Lazy Dad Toys
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  21. 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is printed bigger
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 6783998118. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 678 399 8118 (b) 678 839 98118 (c) 673 998 118 (d) 678 399 8181
  23. 23.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) tell (b) swing (c) spell (d) write
  25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, wallet, bucket? (a) Wise Funny Big (b) Funny Wise Big (c) Big Wise Funny (d) Wise Big Funny
  28. 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) Australia (d) North America
  29. 29.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
  30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, apple, cat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AKCF (b) FCAK (c) ACFK (d) KACF
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, pillow, umbrella, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUPS (b) PSUR (c) SPUR (d) PURS
  33. 33.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4826739067. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 482 673 90667 (b) 486 273 9067 (c) 482 673 9067 (d) 426 739 067
  35. 35.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, ice cream, umbrella, lemon is “Ants ___ Uncle Lazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Ink (c) Bunny (d) Dad
  37. 37.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “well” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, inkpot, lemon? (a) Love Inside Wise (b) Inside Wise Love (c) Wise Inside Love (d) Inside Love Wise
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one

Answer key

  1. True
  2. chunking
  3. chunking
  4. ELPA
  5. a list in a fixed order
  6. NUBG
  7. Crazy Fly Tea
  8. 775 238 740
  9. means something to you
  10. 223 310 957
  11. the rainbow colours
  12. TMFL
  13. March
  14. 890 675 520
  15. True
  16. 224 696 0599
  17. night
  18. a first-letter sentence
  19. Toys Lazy Dad
  20. NESW
  21. three chunks, not ten
  22. 678 399 8118
  23. 5
  24. write
  25. first letters as a word
  26. False
  27. Funny Wise Big
  28. Antarctica
  29. the letters make no word
  30. 7
  31. KACF
  32. SPUR
  33. 3
  34. 482 673 9067
  35. a rhyme
  36. Ink
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Wise Inside Love
  40. a silly, funny one

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