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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 677 · 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.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  2. 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, onion, cat, anchor. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVCA (b) VOCA (c) ACOV (d) OCAV
  3. 3.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) long (b) cold (c) free (d) fast
  4. 4.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
  5. 5.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  6. 6.📅 The digits 27041956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/04/1956 (b) 2704/19/56 (c) 270/419/56 (d) 27/0419/56
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, pillow, rose, urn, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) PRUNB (b) NURPB (c) PBRUN (d) BPRUN
  8. 8.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) over (b) done (c) ended (d) learnt
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Inside Bakes ___ Yum Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Goats (c) Seven (d) Nine
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nine Eat Seven Wins (b) Eat Seven Wins Nine (c) Wins Seven Eat Nine (d) Eat Nine Seven Wins
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) rain (d) king
  12. 12.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  14. 14.📅 The digits 06011991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/119/91 (b) 06/01/1991 (c) 06/0119/91 (d) 0601/19/91
  15. 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) cane (b) bee (c) train (d) one
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, wallet, net? (a) Nani Wins Toys (b) Toys Wins Nani (c) Wins Nani Toys (d) Wins Toys Nani
  17. 17.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  18. 18.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Love Pink Aunty Eat (b) Eat Love Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Pink Love Eat (d) Love Eat Pink Aunty
  21. 21.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
  22. 22.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sea (b) key (c) spell (d) tea
  24. 24.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Asia (b) South America (c) Europe (d) Australia
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 175618244975. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7156 1824 4975 (b) 1756 1824 44975 (c) 1756 1824 4975 (d) 1761 8244 975
  26. 26.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
  27. 27.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
  28. 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) steps (b) songs (c) tricks (d) games
  29. 29.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
  30. 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: nest, monkey, lamp, spoon, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NMLST (b) MLSTN (c) TSLMN (d) MNLST
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 901848254923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0918 4825 4923 (b) 9018 4825 923 (c) 9018 4825 4923 (d) 9018 8482 54923
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, mirror, ladder, watch. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MDLW (b) DMLW (c) WLMD (d) MLWD
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 902727982972. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9027 2798 2972 (b) 9027 2798 297 (c) 9022 7798 2972 (d) 9902 7279 82972
  34. 34.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 7 (U) stand for? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  35. 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
  37. 37.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Mars
  38. 38.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) planet (b) world (c) one (d) star
  39. 39.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
  40. 40.📅 The digits 11011969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/01/1969 (b) 110/119/69 (c) 1101/19/69 (d) 11/0119/69

Answer key

  1. chunking
  2. VOCA
  3. free
  4. splitting into groups
  5. 3
  6. 27/04/1956
  7. BPRUN
  8. done
  9. Goats
  10. Nine Eat Seven Wins
  11. night
  12. False
  13. chunking
  14. 06/01/1991
  15. one
  16. Toys Wins Nani
  17. an acronym
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Eat Love Pink Aunty
  21. initials match the list
  22. first letters as a word
  23. spell
  24. Europe
  25. 1756 1824 4975
  26. what each letter means
  27. three chunks, not ten
  28. tricks
  29. 19 and 47
  30. NMLST
  31. 9018 4825 4923
  32. DMLW
  33. 9027 2798 2972
  34. Uranus
  35. chunking
  36. MVEMJSUN
  37. Mars
  38. one
  39. a list in a fixed order
  40. 11/01/1969

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