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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 638 · 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.📅 The digits 05102017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0510/20/17 (b) 051/020/17 (c) 05/1020/17 (d) 05/10/2017
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, lemon, violin? (a) Lions Vines Dance (b) Vines Lions Dance (c) Dance Lions Vines (d) Lions Dance Vines
  3. 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
  4. 4.🔤 “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
  5. 5.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shake (b) sing (c) ring (d) thing
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, violin, orange, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VOCS (b) COVS (c) SVOC (d) VSOC
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 800278921882. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8002 7892 1828 (b) 8027 8921 882 (c) 8002 7892 21882 (d) 8002 7892 1882
  9. 9.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, jeep, lemon? (a) Jump Lions Play (b) Jump Play Lions (c) Play Jump Lions (d) Lions Jump Play
  11. 11.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 130413833. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 310 413 833 (b) 130 411 3833 (c) 130 413 33 (d) 130 413 833
  14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  15. 15.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a picture (d) a long story
  16. 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sing (b) rock (c) knock (d) wake
  17. 17.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) collection (c) precipitation (d) condensation
  18. 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vines Eat Mum ___ Seven Up Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dogs (b) Jeeps (c) Fly (d) Uncle
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
  20. 20.✏️ 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
  21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 3790819144. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 379 081 144 (b) 379 081 9144 (c) 379 801 9144 (d) 379 081 99144
  22. 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) tree (d) bell
  24. 24.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: pillow, ball, glass, key, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PBGKD (b) BGKDP (c) BPGKD (d) DKGBP
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for coconut, parrot, fan, banana is “Cats Pigs Frogs ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Dance (c) Big (d) Kites
  27. 27.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  28. 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Tea (c) Bakes (d) Wise
  29. 29.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  31. 31.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for bucket, net, radio, violin is “___ Nani Red Vans”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Young (c) Every (d) Wise
  33. 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) chunking
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the oceans
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 902076452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 092 076 452 (b) 902 076 452 (c) 902 064 52 (d) 902 076 4522
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) north (c) west (d) south
  38. 38.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  39. 39.📅 The digits 06041971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/0419/71 (b) 0604/19/71 (c) 060/419/71 (d) 06/04/1971
  40. 40.📅 The digits 01112021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0111/20/21 (b) 01/1120/21 (c) 011/120/21 (d) 01/11/2021

Answer key

  1. 05/10/2017
  2. Dance Lions Vines
  3. 19 and 47
  4. white
  5. True
  6. shake
  7. SVOC
  8. 8002 7892 1882
  9. 5
  10. Play Jump Lions
  11. 3
  12. a rhyme
  13. 130 413 833
  14. a first-letter sentence
  15. a list in a fixed order
  16. sing
  17. evaporation
  18. Jeeps
  19. NESW
  20. the letters make no word
  21. 379 081 9144
  22. first letters as a word
  23. bell
  24. green
  25. PBGKD
  26. Big
  27. a rhyme
  28. Wise
  29. splitting into groups
  30. a first-letter sentence
  31. False
  32. Bunny
  33. True
  34. an acronym
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. 902 076 452
  37. north
  38. initials match the list
  39. 06/04/1971
  40. 01/11/2021

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