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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 682 · 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.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
  2. 2.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the list is short (c) the letters make no word (d) there is no list
  3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 553020348231. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5530 2034 8231 (b) 5530 2034 2831 (c) 5530 2034 88231 (d) 5530 2034 231
  4. 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) fight (c) key (d) sea
  5. 5.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for parrot, urn, flute, candle is “___ Up Fly Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Lions (c) Pink (d) Crazy
  7. 7.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
  8. 8.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) sun (d) night
  9. 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eight Cook ___ Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) Wins (c) Cook (d) Pink
  10. 10.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) run (c) wing (d) fun
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, cat, rose, glass is “Wise Cook ___ Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Green (c) Aunty (d) Up
  12. 12.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) clock (d) sun
  13. 13.📅 The digits 24031997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 240/319/97 (b) 24/03/1997 (c) 2403/19/97 (d) 24/0319/97
  14. 14.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
  15. 15.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) run (b) lock (c) bun (d) ton
  16. 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a long story
  17. 17.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) March (d) January
  19. 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they are longer
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
  21. 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Seven Wet Grab (b) Wet Seven Grab (c) Grab Wet Seven (d) Wet Grab Seven
  23. 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Asia (d) South America
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umpire, doll, ice cream? (a) Ice Dogs Uncle (b) Dogs Ice Uncle (c) Dogs Uncle Ice (d) Uncle Dogs Ice
  25. 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, orange, lemon, umpire, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SOLUD (b) OLUDS (c) DULOS (d) OSLUD
  26. 26.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they need no practice (c) they are longer (d) sound patterns stick
  27. 27.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) only pictures
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, urn, sock, pillow, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPSUC (b) UCSPM (c) CUSPM (d) USPMC
  29. 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “___ Vans Every Mum Jolly Seven Under Nani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vans (b) Play (c) Eat (d) Mice
  30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  31. 31.📅 The digits 12091980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 120/919/80 (b) 1209/19/80 (c) 12/09/1980 (d) 12/0919/80
  32. 32.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, kettle, lamp? (a) Lions Kids Silly (b) Kids Silly Lions (c) Kids Lions Silly (d) Silly Kids Lions
  35. 35.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  37. 37.📅 The digits 18031953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/319/53 (b) 1803/19/53 (c) 18/0319/53 (d) 18/03/1953
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Seven Wet Neat (b) Wet Seven Every Neat (c) Every Neat Seven Wet (d) Neat Every Seven Wet
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 244011815. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 244 401 1815 (b) 244 018 15 (c) 244 011 815 (d) 244 011 851
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, pillow, mango, watch is “Owls Pink My ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Frogs (b) Dance (c) Every (d) Wise

Answer key

  1. initials match the list
  2. the letters make no word
  3. 5530 2034 8231
  4. fight
  5. Venus
  6. Pink
  7. a list in a fixed order
  8. sun
  9. Pink
  10. wing
  11. Rani
  12. cake
  13. 24/03/1997
  14. splitting into groups
  15. lock
  16. an acronym
  17. True
  18. April
  19. one word holds a list
  20. ECPC
  21. Arctic
  22. Seven Wet Grab
  23. Asia
  24. Uncle Dogs Ice
  25. SOLUD
  26. sound patterns stick
  27. numbers and letter lists
  28. CUSPM
  29. Mice
  30. 7
  31. 12/09/1980
  32. first letters as a word
  33. PAISA
  34. Silly Kids Lions
  35. False
  36. RSLF
  37. 18/03/1953
  38. Neat Every Seven Wet
  39. 244 011 815
  40. Wise

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