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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 664 · 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.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 6 (O) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) orange
  2. 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
  3. 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, flute, ball, ice cream, key is “Crazy ___ Bunny Inside Kites”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) My (c) Toys (d) Every
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2559821374. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 255 982 1734 (b) 255 982 1374 (c) 255 982 11374 (d) 255 982 174
  5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 922355251. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 923 255 251 (b) 922 355 251 (c) 922 355 25 (d) 922 355 2251
  6. 6.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 1 (R) stand for? (a) leaf (b) root (c) stem (d) flower
  7. 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) twice (b) fast (c) again (d) more
  8. 8.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) never say it (b) change it each day (c) read it once silently (d) say it aloud often
  9. 9.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) learn (c) say (d) write
  10. 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, bucket, ant, drum, umbrella is “Play Bakes ___ Dad Uncle”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Dad (c) Wins (d) Aunty
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, duck, van, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GVDW (b) DVGW (c) WDVG (d) DWVG
  12. 12.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) ENSW (d) NESW
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, wallet, net? (a) Wise Nani Kind (b) Nani Wise Kind (c) Kind Wise Nani (d) Wise Kind Nani
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: frog, cat, banana? (a) Big Crazy Funny (b) Crazy Funny Big (c) Funny Crazy Big (d) Crazy Big Funny
  16. 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it has fewer digits (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is a smaller number
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 5627007353. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 567 200 7353 (b) 627 007 353 (c) 562 700 7353 (d) 562 700 73553
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Runs Lions Frogs (b) Silly Lions Frogs Runs (c) Frogs Lions Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Lions Frogs
  19. 19.📅 The digits 03072018 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/720/18 (b) 03/0720/18 (c) 03/07/2018 (d) 0307/20/18
  20. 20.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) SWG
  22. 22.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Eat My ___ Silly Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Jump (c) Eat (d) Bakes
  24. 24.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
  25. 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
  26. 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, inkpot, drum, jalebi, lamp. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IDJLO (b) OIDJL (c) LJDIO (d) IODJL
  27. 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
  28. 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) ring (c) fun (d) wing
  29. 29.📅 The digits 05032003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0320/03 (b) 0503/20/03 (c) 05/03/2003 (d) 050/320/03
  30. 30.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 194813147. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 148 131 47 (b) 194 813 417 (c) 119 481 3147 (d) 194 813 147
  32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  33. 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Goats Wise Silly (c) Silly Wise Goats (d) Wise Goats Silly
  35. 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) lane (b) sock (c) swing (d) fight
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My All Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps My All (c) All My Funny Jeeps (d) Jeeps Funny My All
  37. 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, guava, lamp, radio is “Play Goats ___ Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tea (b) Play (c) Lazy (d) Ants
  38. 38.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) egg (d) larva
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VEMJSUNM
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAAE (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA

Answer key

  1. orange
  2. numbers and letter lists
  3. Funny
  4. 255 982 1374
  5. 922 355 251
  6. root
  7. more
  8. say it aloud often
  9. know
  10. Aunty
  11. WDVG
  12. False
  13. NESW
  14. Kind Wise Nani
  15. Funny Crazy Big
  16. three chunks, not ten
  17. 562 700 7353
  18. Runs Silly Lions Frogs
  19. 03/07/2018
  20. 2
  21. SWG
  22. False
  23. Jump
  24. means something to you
  25. ELPA
  26. OIDJL
  27. in the same order
  28. fun
  29. 05/03/2003
  30. what each letter means
  31. 194 813 147
  32. an acronym
  33. one word holds a list
  34. Silly Wise Goats
  35. swing
  36. Jeeps Funny My All
  37. Lazy
  38. egg
  39. MVEMJSUN
  40. AANSAEA

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