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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 672 · 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) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
  2. 2.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 1063988717. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 106 398 88717 (b) 106 398 8717 (c) 160 398 8717 (d) 063 988 717
  4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎵 Which word does “done” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) night (d) sun
  6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 648087925. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 648 808 7925 (b) 648 087 925 (c) 648 087 952 (d) 648 089 25
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 908861841. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 088 618 41 (b) 908 861 8441 (c) 980 861 841 (d) 908 861 841
  8. 8.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) egg (b) larva (c) pupa (d) adult
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  10. 10.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “My Vans Every Mice ___ Seven Uncle Nine”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Tiny (b) Jolly (c) Cats (d) Green
  12. 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
  13. 13.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) shake (c) rake (d) make
  15. 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: kite, jug, radio, onion, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JROTK (b) KJROT (c) JKROT (d) TORJK
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Every Pigs All (b) Every Lazy Pigs All (c) Lazy Pigs All Every (d) All Pigs Lazy Every
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ENSW (c) ESWN (d) NESW
  19. 19.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  20. 20.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vans Eight My Jump Sing Uncle Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Mice (c) Under (d) Funny
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: bucket, mango, violin? (a) Mum Very Big (b) Mum Big Very (c) Big Mum Very (d) Very Mum Big
  22. 22.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
  23. 23.True or false: “plane” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) wing (b) block (c) kite (d) train
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Cook (b) Cook Play Cook Eat (c) Eat Cook Cook Play (d) Eat Cook Play Cook
  26. 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
  27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Eat Play Aunty (b) Love Play Aunty Eat (c) Eat Love Play Aunty (d) Aunty Play Love Eat
  28. 28.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
  29. 29.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) root (b) flower (c) stem (d) leaf
  30. 30.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, fan, vase? (a) Wet Funny Vines (b) Funny Wet Vines (c) Funny Vines Wet (d) Vines Funny Wet
  32. 32.📅 The digits 15032014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/03/2014 (b) 1503/20/14 (c) 150/320/14 (d) 15/0320/14
  33. 33.True or false: “key” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pigs All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kind (b) Lions (c) Wise (d) Frogs
  35. 35.📅 The digits 07042010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 070/420/10 (b) 07/0420/10 (c) 0704/20/10 (d) 07/04/2010
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) APLE (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
  37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) SWG (c) WSG (d) GWS
  38. 38.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  39. 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, drum, urn, anchor, nest is “Kites ___ Under Aunty Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dance (b) Pigs (c) Silly (d) Goats
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture

Answer key

  1. what each letter means
  2. means something to you
  3. 106 398 8717
  4. False
  5. sun
  6. 648 087 925
  7. 908 861 841
  8. egg
  9. a rhyme
  10. True
  11. Jolly
  12. larva
  13. False
  14. knee
  15. KJROT
  16. Every Lazy Pigs All
  17. an acronym
  18. NESW
  19. 6
  20. Mice
  21. Big Mum Very
  22. ECPC
  23. False
  24. kite
  25. Eat Cook Play Cook
  26. splitting into groups
  27. Eat Love Play Aunty
  28. numbers and letter lists
  29. leaf
  30. the letters make no word
  31. Wet Funny Vines
  32. 15/03/2014
  33. False
  34. Lions
  35. 07/04/2010
  36. ELPA
  37. SWG
  38. 3
  39. Dance
  40. a silly, funny one

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