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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 657 · 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 for January, February, March, April is “___ Funny Mum Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Aunty (c) Jeeps (d) Crazy
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, glass, jeep? (a) Goats Jolly Vines (b) Vines Goats Jolly (c) Jolly Goats Vines (d) Goats Vines Jolly
  3. 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
  4. 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 6 (S) stand for? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
  7. 7.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  8. 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, pillow, igloo? (a) Pigs Ink Cook (b) Ink Pigs Cook (c) Cook Pigs Ink (d) Pigs Cook Ink
  9. 9.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they always rhyme
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a very long one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 3544836609. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 354 483 669 (b) 354 483 6609 (c) 354 448 36609 (d) 345 483 6609
  14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jump My Aunty (b) Jump Frogs My Aunty (c) Aunty My Frogs Jump (d) Frogs My Aunty Jump
  16. 16.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  18. 18.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) lake (b) lock (c) thing (d) kite
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) RSLF (d) SRLF
  20. 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pigs Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Ink (c) Lions (d) Goats
  21. 21.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
  22. 22.True or false: “string” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
  24. 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  25. 25.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 232179331807. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2321 7933 1807 (b) 2322 1793 31807 (c) 2217 9331 807 (d) 2321 7931 3807
  27. 27.True or false: “main” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does “bee” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) clock
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, goat, candle? (a) Dogs Goats Cook (b) Goats Cook Dogs (c) Cook Goats Dogs (d) Goats Dogs Cook
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) ROYGBIV (d) IVBGYOR
  31. 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) ton (b) three (c) bite (d) smell
  32. 32.📅 The digits 20092003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 200/920/03 (b) 20/09/2003 (c) 2009/20/03 (d) 20/0920/03
  33. 33.📅 The digits 26021986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/02/1986 (b) 26/0219/86 (c) 260/219/86 (d) 2602/19/86
  34. 34.🔤 “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
  35. 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: kite, fan, ant? (a) Kids Funny Aunty (b) Funny Kids Aunty (c) Funny Aunty Kids (d) Aunty Funny Kids
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 151981243091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1519 8124 3091 (b) 1519 1824 3091 (c) 1151 9812 43091 (d) 1198 1243 091
  37. 37.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  38. 38.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  39. 39.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
  40. 40.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Jeeps
  2. Vines Goats Jolly
  3. a list in a fixed order
  4. 3
  5. Saturn
  6. in the same order
  7. the rainbow colours
  8. Cook Pigs Ink
  9. one word holds a list
  10. a silly, funny one
  11. AANSAEA
  12. a first-letter sentence
  13. 354 483 6609
  14. a first-letter sentence
  15. Jump Frogs My Aunty
  16. initials match the list
  17. 6
  18. thing
  19. RSLF
  20. Lions
  21. egg
  22. False
  23. what each letter means
  24. a rhyme
  25. True
  26. 2321 7933 1807
  27. False
  28. tree
  29. Dogs Goats Cook
  30. VIBGYOR
  31. bite
  32. 20/09/2003
  33. 26/02/1986
  34. saffron
  35. Kids Funny Aunty
  36. 1519 8124 3091
  37. 5
  38. flower
  39. chunking
  40. True

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