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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 689 · 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.📝 A list to learn, in order: anchor, vase, kettle, igloo, jeep. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) JIKVA (b) AVKIJ (c) VKIJA (d) VAKIJ
  2. 2.✏️ 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
  3. 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
  4. 4.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Pacific (c) Southern (d) Atlantic
  6. 6.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) thing (b) make (c) spring (d) fight
  7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, guava, watch, kite, urn. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GWKUB (b) UKWGB (c) BGWKU (d) GBWKU
  8. 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a long story
  9. 9.True or false: “write” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
  11. 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: kettle, tiger, ant, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CATK (b) TKAC (c) TACK (d) KTAC
  12. 12.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, coconut, monkey? (a) Cats Mice Old (b) Cats Old Mice (c) Mice Cats Old (d) Old Cats Mice
  14. 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rose, onion, apple, ice cream, mirror is “Rani Old Ants Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Very (c) Seven (d) My
  15. 15.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  17. 17.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, net, kettle, spoon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NUKS (b) NKSU (c) UNKS (d) SKNU
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Neat Seven Wise (b) Wise Seven Every Neat (c) Every Seven Wise Neat (d) Neat Every Seven Wise
  19. 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for igloo, jalebi, duck, rose, watch is “Ice Jolly ___ Red Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Eight (c) Aunty (d) Pigs
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does “make” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) cake (d) rain
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, ant, coconut, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ACNP (b) NCAP (c) APCN (d) PACN
  22. 22.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) one (c) done (d) bun
  24. 24.📅 The digits 21091966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 210/919/66 (b) 21/0919/66 (c) 2109/19/66 (d) 21/09/1966
  25. 25.True or false: “free” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for flute, lemon, anchor, pencil, key is “Frogs Love ___ Play Kind”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Dogs (c) Aunty (d) Wet
  27. 27.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
  28. 28.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) world (d) planet
  29. 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) GWS (c) WSG (d) WGS
  30. 30.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
  31. 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Love Pigs All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Crazy (c) My (d) Dance
  32. 32.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  33. 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eight Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wins (b) Tea (c) My (d) Ice
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, pencil, needle, banana. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MPNB (b) BNPM (c) PNBM (d) PMNB
  35. 35.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 1139073017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 113 907 30117 (b) 113 907 3017 (c) 113 907 017 (d) 131 907 3017
  37. 37.📅 The digits 12111971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1211/19/71 (b) 12/1119/71 (c) 12/11/1971 (d) 121/119/71
  38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  39. 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ant, violin, sock, tiger, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AVSTF (b) VASTF (c) FTSVA (d) VSTFA
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) FMAJ (c) AMFJ (d) JFMA

Answer key

  1. AVKIJ
  2. initials match the list
  3. 19 and 47
  4. True
  5. Indian
  6. fight
  7. BGWKU
  8. an acronym
  9. True
  10. in the same order
  11. KTAC
  12. False
  13. Old Cats Mice
  14. My
  15. three chunks, not ten
  16. chunking
  17. UNKS
  18. Neat Every Seven Wise
  19. Dad
  20. cake
  21. PACN
  22. the rainbow colours
  23. wing
  24. 21/09/1966
  25. True
  26. Aunty
  27. green
  28. one
  29. SWG
  30. splitting into groups
  31. Every
  32. 5
  33. Wins
  34. MPNB
  35. numbers and letter lists
  36. 113 907 3017
  37. 12/11/1971
  38. an acronym
  39. AVSTF
  40. JFMA

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