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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 630 · 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 is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  2. 2.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for lamp, drum, frog, jeep is “Lions Dad ___ Jeeps”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Only (c) Frogs (d) Young
  4. 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 8897322875. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 889 732 28775 (b) 889 723 2875 (c) 889 732 285 (d) 889 732 2875
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 638488395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 638 488 35 (b) 638 488 8395 (c) 638 488 395 (d) 368 488 395
  7. 7.True or false: “smell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Asia (d) North America
  9. 9.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) pupa (c) adult (d) larva
  10. 10.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 4 (G) stand for? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) make (c) rake (d) shake
  12. 12.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, jeep, violin, orange. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVJL (b) JVOL (c) LJVO (d) JLVO
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, frog, pillow? (a) Frogs Wins Play (b) Wins Frogs Play (c) Frogs Play Wins (d) Play Frogs Wins
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat ___ Play Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Ink (c) Wet (d) Cook
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
  17. 17.📅 The digits 20031974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2003/19/74 (b) 20/0319/74 (c) 20/03/1974 (d) 200/319/74
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Silly Wet Neat (b) Neat Eat Silly Wet (c) Eat Neat Silly Wet (d) Wet Silly Eat Neat
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they need no learning (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) shock (c) wake (d) lock
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  23. 23.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) indigo (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8392125750. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 839 212 5705 (b) 839 125 750 (c) 883 921 25750 (d) 839 212 5750
  25. 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vans Eat Mice Jeeps Seven ___ Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ice (b) Only (c) Kids (d) Under
  26. 26.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) train (b) three (c) chain (d) cane
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for needle, tent, onion, rope is “___ Tea Only Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Funny (c) Nani (d) Toys
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) bell (c) night (d) tree
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: anchor, cat, sock? (a) Silly Crazy Ants (b) Crazy Silly Ants (c) Crazy Ants Silly (d) Ants Crazy Silly
  31. 31.📅 The digits 26111952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 261/119/52 (b) 26/1119/52 (c) 2611/19/52 (d) 26/11/1952
  32. 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) FLSR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  34. 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  35. 35.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) knock (c) run (d) done
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Green (b) Green Wise Silly (c) Wise Green Silly (d) Silly Wise Green
  38. 38.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for anchor, owl, rope, lamp is “___ Old Runs Lions”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Funny (c) Dogs (d) All
  40. 40.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the oceans (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours

Answer key

  1. 19 and 47
  2. the letters make no word
  3. Frogs
  4. first letters as a word
  5. 889 732 2875
  6. 638 488 395
  7. False
  8. Africa
  9. egg
  10. green
  11. sing
  12. False
  13. LJVO
  14. Wins Frogs Play
  15. Cook
  16. a silly, funny one
  17. 20/03/1974
  18. Neat Eat Silly Wet
  19. one word holds a list
  20. wake
  21. JFMA
  22. chunking
  23. orange
  24. 839 212 5750
  25. Under
  26. True
  27. three
  28. Nani
  29. sun
  30. Ants Crazy Silly
  31. 26/11/1952
  32. RSLF
  33. chunking
  34. NESW
  35. True
  36. knock
  37. Silly Wise Green
  38. splitting into groups
  39. All
  40. the rainbow colours

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