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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 624 · 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.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: inkpot, pillow, onion? (a) Pink Owls Ink (b) Ink Pink Owls (c) Pink Ink Owls (d) Owls Pink Ink
  3. 3.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a first-letter sentence
  4. 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bright (b) free (c) wing (d) lock
  5. 5.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) yellow
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tent, ladder, onion, jeep is “Tea ___ Owls Jolly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Lions (c) Fly (d) Yaks
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, pencil, drum, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VDPS (b) SPDV (c) PSDV (d) PDVS
  8. 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, drum, kite, ice cream, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKIFL (b) FIKDL (c) LDKIF (d) DLKIF
  9. 9.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
  10. 10.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
  12. 12.🎵 Which word does “bright” rhyme with? (a) king (b) night (c) sun (d) cake
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Sing Eight Neat (b) Eight Neat Sing Wise (c) Eight Sing Wise Neat (d) Neat Eight Sing Wise
  14. 14.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  15. 15.📅 The digits 15101958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/10/1958 (b) 1510/19/58 (c) 15/1019/58 (d) 151/019/58
  16. 16.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) swing (c) spring (d) chain
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) SWG (d) GWS
  19. 19.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
  20. 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  22. 22.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 326085541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 608 5541 (b) 326 085 541 (c) 320 685 541 (d) 326 085 54
  24. 24.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kettle, mirror, jalebi? (a) Mice Kids Jump (b) Kids Mice Jump (c) Jump Mice Kids (d) Mice Jump Kids
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 934301815930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9340 1815 930 (b) 9934 3018 15930 (c) 9343 0181 5390 (d) 9343 0181 5930
  27. 27.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Eat Pigs Aunty (b) Aunty Pigs Lions Eat (c) Lions Pigs Aunty Eat (d) Eat Lions Pigs Aunty
  29. 29.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) collection (d) precipitation
  30. 30.🎵 Which word does “chain” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) bell (c) rain (d) king
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
  32. 32.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 4435084786. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 508 4786 (b) 443 508 47886 (c) 443 508 4876 (d) 443 084 786
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Red ___ Love Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Goats (b) Crazy (c) Silly (d) Jump
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: mirror, wallet, anchor, guava, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMAGS (b) WAGSM (c) MWAGS (d) SGAWM
  36. 36.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) root (d) leaf
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for jug, umpire, radio, pencil, spoon is “Jeeps Uncle ___ Play Sing”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Pigs (c) Only (d) Cats
  38. 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bite (b) sea (c) light (d) kite
  39. 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) sing (c) write (d) wing
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 9931210827. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 993 121 0827 (b) 993 210 827 (c) 999 312 10827 (d) 993 121 8027

Answer key

  1. south
  2. Ink Pink Owls
  3. a first-letter sentence
  4. bright
  5. orange
  6. Lions
  7. SPDV
  8. LDKIF
  9. means something to you
  10. True
  11. February
  12. night
  13. Neat Eight Sing Wise
  14. 9
  15. 15/10/1958
  16. 3
  17. chain
  18. SWG
  19. numbers and letter lists
  20. the letters make no word
  21. chunking
  22. 2
  23. 326 085 541
  24. a list in a fixed order
  25. Kids Mice Jump
  26. 9343 0181 5930
  27. first letters as a word
  28. Eat Lions Pigs Aunty
  29. collection
  30. rain
  31. RSLF
  32. 5
  33. 443 508 4786
  34. Silly
  35. MWAGS
  36. root
  37. Red
  38. sea
  39. write
  40. 993 121 0827

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