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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 647 · 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.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  2. 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) thing (b) shock (c) white (d) run
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) fast (d) free
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  5. 5.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it has fewer digits
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Goats (b) Wise Goats Sing (c) Wise Sing Goats (d) Goats Wise Sing
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 206046682. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 260 466 82 (b) 206 406 682 (c) 206 046 682 (d) 206 604 6682
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 517802992351. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5170 8299 2351 (b) 5178 0299 23351 (c) 5178 0299 235 (d) 5178 0299 2351
  9. 9.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) say it aloud often
  10. 10.True or false: “shock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven ___ Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Funny (c) Eight (d) Wins
  12. 12.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
  13. 13.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for frog, doll, net, anchor is “Frogs Dogs Nani ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Seven (c) Tea (d) Bunny
  16. 16.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, frog, rope, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GRFT (b) TFRG (c) FRGT (d) FTRG
  18. 18.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  19. 19.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  21. 21.True or false: “train” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) its colour
  23. 23.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  24. 24.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
  26. 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
  27. 27.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
  28. 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) clear (c) right (d) known
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Rani Lions Frogs (b) Frogs Lions Silly Rani (c) Silly Lions Frogs Rani (d) Rani Silly Lions Frogs
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, ball, igloo? (a) Ink Big Crazy (b) Big Crazy Ink (c) Big Ink Crazy (d) Crazy Big Ink
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  34. 34.📅 The digits 27071997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2707/19/97 (b) 270/719/97 (c) 27/07/1997 (d) 27/0719/97
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  36. 36.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Funny ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mum (b) Neat (c) Under (d) Eight
  37. 37.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 375502259680. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3755 2025 9680 (b) 3755 0225 59680 (c) 3750 2259 680 (d) 3755 0225 9680
  40. 40.🔤 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

Answer key

  1. one word holds a list
  2. white
  3. free
  4. MVEMJSUN
  5. three chunks, not ten
  6. Sing Wise Goats
  7. 206 046 682
  8. 5178 0299 2351
  9. say it aloud often
  10. True
  11. Wins
  12. chunking
  13. True
  14. a first-letter sentence
  15. Ants
  16. True
  17. TFRG
  18. 8
  19. False
  20. 5
  21. True
  22. what each letter means
  23. 9
  24. False
  25. a beat or a tune
  26. a list in a fixed order
  27. a memory trick
  28. true
  29. Rani Silly Lions Frogs
  30. a first-letter sentence
  31. SWG
  32. Crazy Big Ink
  33. ECPC
  34. 27/07/1997
  35. an acronym
  36. Mum
  37. 2
  38. in the same order
  39. 3755 0225 9680
  40. RSLF

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