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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 660 · 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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: wallet, ladder, glass? (a) Green Lazy Wise (b) Lazy Wise Green (c) Wise Lazy Green (d) Lazy Green Wise
  3. 3.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shock (b) rock (c) cane (d) shell
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ant, tomato, spoon, lemon, duck is “Aunty Tiny Seven ___ Dad”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Pigs (c) Lions (d) Inside
  5. 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, fan, rope, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FSRA (b) ARFS (c) FRAS (d) SFRA
  6. 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
  7. 7.📅 The digits 11031981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/319/81 (b) 11/03/1981 (c) 11/0319/81 (d) 1103/19/81
  8. 8.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📅 The digits 15021959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0219/59 (b) 150/219/59 (c) 1502/19/59 (d) 15/02/1959
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sell (b) well (c) run (d) tell
  12. 12.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a long book
  14. 14.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) NUSJMEVM
  16. 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) long (d) free
  17. 17.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) wing (c) ring (d) spell
  19. 19.🎵 Which word does “spell” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) bell (c) cake (d) clock
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, rope, key, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PKRF (b) RKPF (c) FRKP (d) RFKP
  21. 21.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) night (d) bell
  22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  23. 23.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny Goats Young Owls ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) Dad (c) Cook (d) Fly
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eight Sing Wins (b) Eight Sing Wins Nani (c) Wins Sing Eight Nani (d) Eight Nani Sing Wins
  26. 26.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) thing (b) run (c) bee (d) lake
  27. 27.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) ton (c) rock (d) bun
  28. 28.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, bucket, owl? (a) Big Owls Play (b) Play Big Owls (c) Big Play Owls (d) Owls Big Play
  30. 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 4 (F) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
  31. 31.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
  33. 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, frog, ladder, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLFC (b) CFLK (c) FCLK (d) FLKC
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) sun (d) bell
  35. 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
  37. 37.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) cake (d) rain
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  39. 39.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight ___ Play All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Sing (c) All (d) Big

Answer key

  1. what each letter means
  2. Wise Lazy Green
  3. cane
  4. Lions
  5. SFRA
  6. the letters make no word
  7. 11/03/1981
  8. False
  9. False
  10. 15/02/1959
  11. run
  12. 7
  13. a memory trick
  14. white
  15. MVEMJSUN
  16. free
  17. False
  18. spell
  19. bell
  20. FRKP
  21. night
  22. an acronym
  23. False
  24. Red
  25. Nani Eight Sing Wins
  26. lake
  27. rock
  28. Mercury
  29. Play Big Owls
  30. flower
  31. False
  32. one word holds a list
  33. CFLK
  34. sun
  35. VIBGYOR
  36. bell
  37. cake
  38. chunking
  39. 19 and 47
  40. Lions

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