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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 73 · 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 oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) ASIAP (d) AISAP
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
  3. 3.🎵 Which word does “light” rhyme with? (a) king (b) bell (c) night (d) cake
  4. 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, guava, sock? (a) Sing Grab Old (b) Grab Old Sing (c) Old Grab Sing (d) Grab Sing Old
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every Love ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Toys (c) Yum (d) Play
  6. 6.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
  7. 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) learnt (c) over (d) done
  8. 8.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) never say it (d) change it each day
  9. 9.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) SWG (b) WSG (c) WGS (d) GWS
  10. 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs Seven ___ Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) All (c) Runs (d) Lions
  11. 11.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  12. 12.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) king (c) rain (d) sun
  13. 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  14. 14.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 7 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Australia (c) South America (d) Africa
  15. 15.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) APLE
  16. 16.📅 The digits 05102021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/1020/21 (b) 051/020/21 (c) 0510/20/21 (d) 05/10/2021
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Eat Seven Wise (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Wise Seven Eat Nani
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 112138644. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 112 186 44 (b) 121 138 644 (c) 112 138 644 (d) 112 113 8644
  19. 19.📅 The digits 11081995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/08/1995 (b) 1108/19/95 (c) 110/819/95 (d) 11/0819/95
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, mango, parrot? (a) Pigs Mum Tiny (b) Tiny Mum Pigs (c) Mum Pigs Tiny (d) Mum Tiny Pigs
  21. 21.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) the list is short (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
  22. 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nani Silly Wins (b) Wins Silly Every Nani (c) Nani Every Silly Wins (d) Every Silly Wins Nani
  23. 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: onion, coconut, inkpot? (a) Ink Crazy Old (b) Crazy Old Ink (c) Crazy Ink Old (d) Old Crazy Ink
  25. 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) kite (b) lock (c) train (d) swing
  26. 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
  27. 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  28. 28.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
  29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  30. 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  31. 31.True or false: “lane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
  33. 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  34. 34.✏️ 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
  35. 35.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a long poem (d) a type of number
  36. 36.📅 The digits 24041970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 240/419/70 (b) 24/0419/70 (c) 24/04/1970 (d) 2404/19/70
  37. 37.📅 The digits 09081996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0908/19/96 (b) 090/819/96 (c) 09/0819/96 (d) 09/08/1996
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for goat, ladder, duck, urn is “Grab Love ___ Under”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Red (c) Dance (d) Cats
  39. 39.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for spoon, jeep, kite, igloo, owl is “Seven Jump Kids Ice ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Kites (c) Funny (d) Wins

Answer key

  1. PAISA
  2. JFMA
  3. night
  4. Old Grab Sing
  5. Play
  6. 19 and 47
  7. done
  8. say it aloud often
  9. SWG
  10. Lions
  11. 3
  12. sun
  13. AANSAEA
  14. Australia
  15. ELPA
  16. 05/10/2021
  17. Nani Eat Seven Wise
  18. 112 138 644
  19. 11/08/1995
  20. Tiny Mum Pigs
  21. the letters make no word
  22. Nani Every Silly Wins
  23. VIBGYOR
  24. Old Crazy Ink
  25. swing
  26. splitting into groups
  27. a rhyme
  28. what each letter means
  29. a silly, funny one
  30. ECPC
  31. True
  32. numbers and letter lists
  33. a first-letter sentence
  34. initials match the list
  35. first letters as a word
  36. 24/04/1970
  37. 09/08/1996
  38. Dance
  39. 4
  40. Owls

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