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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 663 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: jalebi, key, cat, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KJCU (b) UCKJ (c) JKCU (d) KCUJ
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Sing Wet ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Jolly (c) Uncle (d) Grab
  3. 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) AISAP (d) APISA
  4. 4.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 177054205. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 177 504 205 (b) 177 542 05 (c) 177 054 2005 (d) 177 054 205
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for mirror, glass, violin, anchor, cat is “My Green Vans ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Crazy (c) Wet (d) My
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
  8. 8.True or false: “won” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) brain (b) train (c) tell (d) plane
  11. 11.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, jalebi, vase? (a) Tiny Jolly Very (b) Jolly Very Tiny (c) Very Jolly Tiny (d) Jolly Tiny Very
  13. 13.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wins Nine (b) Eight Nine Seven Wins (c) Wins Seven Eight Nine (d) Nine Eight Seven Wins
  15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 317201543590. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1372 0154 3590 (b) 3120 1543 590 (c) 3172 0154 3590 (d) 3172 0115 43590
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  17. 17.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
  18. 18.📅 The digits 02031958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0203/19/58 (b) 02/03/1958 (c) 02/0319/58 (d) 020/319/58
  19. 19.📅 The digits 21011972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 210/119/72 (b) 2101/19/72 (c) 21/01/1972 (d) 21/0119/72
  20. 20.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, violin, wallet, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWVM (b) VMWG (c) MVWG (d) VWGM
  22. 22.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  23. 23.📅 The digits 07091978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0709/19/78 (b) 07/09/1978 (c) 07/0919/78 (d) 070/919/78
  24. 24.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 8555843408. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 855 584 3408 (b) 855 584 3048 (c) 555 843 408 (d) 855 584 33408
  26. 26.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  27. 27.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  29. 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
  30. 30.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
  33. 33.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum Ants Jolly (b) Ants Mum Funny Jolly (c) Funny Jolly Mum Ants (d) Jolly Funny Mum Ants
  35. 35.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) spring (c) thing (d) wing
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  37. 37.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) root (b) stem (c) flower (d) leaf
  38. 38.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
  39. 39.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Arctic (c) Atlantic (d) Indian
  40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, rope, spoon, onion, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RMSOV (b) VOSRM (c) RSOVM (d) MRSOV

Answer key

  1. JKCU
  2. Grab
  3. PAISA
  4. 19 and 47
  5. 177 054 205
  6. Ants
  7. a silly, funny one
  8. False
  9. 7
  10. tell
  11. 4
  12. Tiny Jolly Very
  13. initials match the list
  14. Nine Eight Seven Wins
  15. 3172 0154 3590
  16. a first-letter sentence
  17. splitting into groups
  18. 02/03/1958
  19. 21/01/1972
  20. 2
  21. MVWG
  22. 8
  23. 07/09/1978
  24. True
  25. 855 584 3408
  26. 5
  27. True
  28. a rhyme
  29. first letters as a word
  30. True
  31. True
  32. means something to you
  33. True
  34. Jolly Funny Mum Ants
  35. sea
  36. an acronym
  37. stem
  38. the letters make no word
  39. Atlantic
  40. MRSOV

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