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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 665 · 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.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, monkey, pillow, tomato, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPTBU (b) MUPTB (c) BTPMU (d) UMPTB
  3. 3.True or false: “ton” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eat (b) Love Pink Aunty Eat (c) Eat Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Eat Pink Aunty
  5. 5.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  6. 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) ECPC
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, drum, owl? (a) Only Dad Frogs (b) Dad Frogs Only (c) Frogs Dad Only (d) Dad Only Frogs
  8. 8.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  9. 9.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) sun (d) clock
  11. 11.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they need no practice (b) they are longer (c) sound patterns stick (d) they are always true
  12. 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  14. 14.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) a long story (c) chunking (d) a mind map
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for candle, drum, rose, van is “Crazy ___ Red Vines”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Grab (c) Jolly (d) Dance
  16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4028541385. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 028 541 385 (b) 400 285 41385 (c) 402 854 1385 (d) 402 854 1835
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4886795062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 488 679 506 (b) 488 667 95062 (c) 488 697 5062 (d) 488 679 5062
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  19. 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (b) Eight Lazy Play Aunty (c) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (d) Lazy Play Aunty Eight
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wins Sing Eight Neat (b) Eight Neat Sing Wins (c) Eight Sing Wins Neat (d) Neat Eight Sing Wins
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wet Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wet (c) Wet Silly Every Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wet
  22. 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: umpire, orange, kettle, mirror, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UOKMR (b) OUKMR (c) RMKOU (d) OKMRU
  23. 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eight Lions Pink ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cook (b) Bakes (c) Ants (d) Green
  24. 24.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) won (c) bake (d) lake
  25. 25.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) learn (c) know (d) say
  27. 27.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a rhyme about cats
  31. 31.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 9972660725. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 997 266 0752 (b) 997 266 075 (c) 997 266 0725 (d) 997 266 60725
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) rock (c) lock (d) knock
  34. 34.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) date chunks
  35. 35.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the rainbow colours (d) the oceans
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 776107645. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 767 107 645 (b) 776 610 7645 (c) 776 107 645 (d) 776 107 65
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wise Nine (b) Every Nine Silly Wise (c) Nine Every Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Every Nine
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, watch, tiger? (a) Tea Wet Bakes (b) Wet Tea Bakes (c) Bakes Wet Tea (d) Wet Bakes Tea
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Eat ___ Jeeps Seven Up Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Crazy (c) Mice (d) Frogs
  40. 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Twelve twelves make one forty-four, learn it once and then once ___.” (a) again (b) more (c) twice (d) fast

Answer key

  1. False
  2. UMPTB
  3. False
  4. Eat Love Pink Aunty
  5. 2
  6. ECPC
  7. Frogs Dad Only
  8. an acronym
  9. splitting into groups
  10. clock
  11. sound patterns stick
  12. first letters as a word
  13. 4
  14. an acronym
  15. Dance
  16. 402 854 1385
  17. 488 679 5062
  18. a rhyme
  19. Eight Lazy Play Aunty
  20. Neat Eight Sing Wins
  21. Nani Every Silly Wet
  22. UOKMR
  23. Ants
  24. won
  25. True
  26. know
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. initials match the list
  31. False
  32. 997 266 0725
  33. snake
  34. a first-letter sentence
  35. the rainbow colours
  36. 776 107 645
  37. Nine Every Silly Wise
  38. Bakes Wet Tea
  39. Mice
  40. more

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