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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 674 · 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.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) ELPA
  2. 2.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) violet (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, onion, drum? (a) Only Bunny Dogs (b) Dogs Only Bunny (c) Bunny Only Dogs (d) Only Dogs Bunny
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Eat Sing Wise (b) Eat Sing Wise Neat (c) Wise Sing Eat Neat (d) Eat Neat Sing Wise
  5. 5.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) what each letter means
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, violin, onion? (a) Wise Vines Only (b) Only Vines Wise (c) Vines Only Wise (d) Vines Wise Only
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, umpire, jalebi? (a) Nine Up Jump (b) Up Jump Nine (c) Jump Up Nine (d) Up Nine Jump
  8. 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 493997930. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 493 979 930 (b) 493 997 90 (c) 493 997 930 (d) 449 399 7930
  9. 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, onion, van, drum, pencil. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVDPC (b) OCVDP (c) PDVOC (d) COVDP
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) FJMA
  12. 12.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
  13. 13.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “king”. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, jug, apple, monkey. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RJAM (b) JRAM (c) MAJR (d) JAMR
  15. 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Rani Sing Lazy Fly (b) Fly Lazy Sing Rani (c) Sing Rani Lazy Fly (d) Sing Lazy Fly Rani
  17. 17.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a kind of pen (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, anchor, banana? (a) Aunty Big Dogs (b) Dogs Aunty Big (c) Big Aunty Dogs (d) Aunty Dogs Big
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) king (d) sun
  21. 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, kite, goat? (a) Goats Kind Jolly (b) Kind Jolly Goats (c) Jolly Kind Goats (d) Kind Goats Jolly
  23. 23.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
  24. 24.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) saying it once quietly (c) writing it tiny (d) no rhythm at all
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 7919639024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 719 963 9024 (b) 799 196 39024 (c) 791 963 902 (d) 791 963 9024
  26. 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
  27. 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) shake (b) string (c) lake (d) main
  28. 28.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, owl, coconut? (a) Owls Uncle Crazy (b) Uncle Owls Crazy (c) Crazy Owls Uncle (d) Owls Crazy Uncle
  30. 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) sing (b) sock (c) snake (d) well
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8926419916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 892 641 9916 (b) 829 641 9916 (c) 892 641 99916 (d) 892 641 916
  32. 32.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
  34. 34.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  35. 35.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Asia (c) Antarctica (d) Africa
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 4069363017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 069 363 017 (b) 406 936 63017 (c) 406 936 3017 (d) 409 636 3017
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Fly Jeeps (b) Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty (c) Fly Jeeps Mum Aunty (d) Fly Mum Aunty Jeeps
  38. 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) sea (b) sell (c) sing (d) lake
  39. 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Pigs Cats (b) Eat Cats Cats Pigs (c) Eat Cats Pigs Cats (d) Cats Pigs Cats Eat
  40. 40.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. ELPA
  2. violet
  3. Bunny Only Dogs
  4. Neat Eat Sing Wise
  5. what each letter means
  6. Wise Vines Only
  7. Nine Up Jump
  8. 493 997 930
  9. COVDP
  10. a silly, funny one
  11. JFMA
  12. 19 and 47
  13. True
  14. RJAM
  15. the rainbow colours
  16. Rani Sing Lazy Fly
  17. a memory trick
  18. Dogs Aunty Big
  19. ECPC
  20. cake
  21. MVEMJSUN
  22. Jolly Kind Goats
  23. the letters make no word
  24. a beat or a tune
  25. 791 963 9024
  26. VIBGYOR
  27. main
  28. 5
  29. Uncle Owls Crazy
  30. snake
  31. 892 641 9916
  32. False
  33. in the same order
  34. 2
  35. Antarctica
  36. 406 936 3017
  37. Jeeps Fly Mum Aunty
  38. sing
  39. Eat Cats Pigs Cats
  40. False

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