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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 654 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
  2. 2.📅 The digits 20061976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/619/76 (b) 20/06/1976 (c) 20/0619/76 (d) 2006/19/76
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mice All Jump (b) Jump Funny Mice All (c) All Mice Funny Jump (d) Funny Jump Mice All
  5. 5.📅 The digits 05031978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0503/19/78 (b) 050/319/78 (c) 05/03/1978 (d) 05/0319/78
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Eight Silly ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Love (c) Wins (d) Ice
  7. 7.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) stem (b) leaf (c) flower (d) root
  8. 8.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) no rhythm at all (b) a beat or a tune (c) writing it tiny (d) saying it once quietly
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) cake (c) bell (d) king
  10. 10.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  11. 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jug, umpire, banana? (a) Big Under Jeeps (b) Under Big Jeeps (c) Under Jeeps Big (d) Jeeps Under Big
  12. 12.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  13. 13.🧰 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
  14. 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Love Sing Red (b) Sing Red Love Funny (c) Sing Love Funny Red (d) Red Sing Love Funny
  16. 16.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
  18. 18.📅 The digits 15052002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 150/520/02 (b) 15/05/2002 (c) 1505/20/02 (d) 15/0520/02
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, radio, inkpot, nest is “Crazy ___ Ice Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) My (c) Kids (d) Rani
  20. 20.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) say (b) write (c) learn (d) know
  21. 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for urn, fan, ice cream, key is “___ Frogs Ice Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Nani (c) Very (d) Play
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Mum Ants Jolly (b) Jolly Frogs Mum Ants (c) Frogs Jolly Mum Ants (d) Ants Mum Frogs Jolly
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, key, lamp, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KRLD (b) DLKR (c) KLDR (d) RKLD
  24. 24.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  25. 25.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
  26. 26.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) fight (b) thing (c) sock (d) train
  28. 28.📅 The digits 23121987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 231/219/87 (b) 23/12/1987 (c) 2312/19/87 (d) 23/1219/87
  29. 29.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  31. 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) done (c) spring (d) one
  35. 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Mice (c) Funny (d) Silly
  36. 36.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Indian (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
  37. 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
  38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 3120011919. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 312 001 919 (b) 312 001 1919 (c) 312 001 1199 (d) 312 001 19199
  39. 39.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) train (b) shock (c) one (d) snake
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 193794949. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 193 799 4949 (b) 193 794 949 (c) 193 794 49 (d) 193 974 949

Answer key

  1. in the same order
  2. 20/06/1976
  3. an acronym
  4. Jump Funny Mice All
  5. 05/03/1978
  6. Wins
  7. root
  8. a beat or a tune
  9. clock
  10. 5
  11. Jeeps Under Big
  12. means something to you
  13. chunking
  14. January
  15. Red Sing Love Funny
  16. JFMA
  17. MVEMJSUN
  18. 15/05/2002
  19. Rani
  20. know
  21. Under
  22. Jolly Frogs Mum Ants
  23. RKLD
  24. adult
  25. splitting into groups
  26. an acronym
  27. fight
  28. 23/12/1987
  29. the letters make no word
  30. 8
  31. False
  32. what each letter means
  33. an acronym
  34. spring
  35. Silly
  36. Southern
  37. saffron
  38. 312 001 1919
  39. snake
  40. 193 794 949

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