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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 79 · 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 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  2. 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, van, ladder? (a) Lazy Vans Neat (b) Vans Neat Lazy (c) Neat Vans Lazy (d) Vans Lazy Neat
  3. 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  4. 4.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for tomato, onion, ant, rope, mango is “Toys Owls ___ Red My”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bunny (b) Aunty (c) Only (d) Cats
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) wing (b) tell (c) well (d) sell
  7. 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, van, umbrella? (a) Very Nine Uncle (b) Uncle Very Nine (c) Nine Very Uncle (d) Very Uncle Nine
  8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) in any order
  9. 9.True or false: “make” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
  11. 11.🎵 Which word does “run” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) sun (c) bell (d) king
  12. 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) red (b) orange (c) indigo (d) blue
  13. 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, van, monkey? (a) Vans Love Mum (b) Love Vans Mum (c) Vans Mum Love (d) Mum Vans Love
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Bunny ___ Yaks Old Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Green (b) Ice (c) Pigs (d) All
  16. 16.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  17. 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) lake (b) sing (c) string (d) swing
  18. 18.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, mango, guava, whistle, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MGWBC (b) CMGWB (c) BWGMC (d) MCGWB
  20. 20.📝 A list to learn, in order: watch, monkey, coconut, apple, bucket. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WMCAB (b) MCABW (c) MWCAB (d) BACMW
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Lions Fly (b) Sing Lions Fly Red (c) Sing Red Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Sing Red
  22. 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) three (b) key (c) tea (d) train
  23. 23.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, sock, inkpot? (a) Inside Seven Wise (b) Seven Wise Inside (c) Seven Inside Wise (d) Wise Seven Inside
  25. 25.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 508441217. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 508 444 1217 (b) 508 442 117 (c) 508 441 217 (d) 508 441 21
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) tell (b) sea (c) run (d) bake
  29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  30. 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) known (c) right (d) clear
  31. 31.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
  32. 32.📅 The digits 24091954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0919/54 (b) 24/09/1954 (c) 240/919/54 (d) 2409/19/54
  33. 33.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does “block” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) tree (d) rain
  35. 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
  36. 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 456379444. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 456 379 44 (b) 456 739 444 (c) 456 379 4444 (d) 456 379 444
  38. 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
  39. 39.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 194 and 7
  40. 40.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. Neat Vans Lazy
  3. a silly, funny one
  4. False
  5. Aunty
  6. wing
  7. Nine Very Uncle
  8. in the same order
  9. True
  10. the letters make no word
  11. sun
  12. blue
  13. a first-letter sentence
  14. Love Vans Mum
  15. Green
  16. a list in a fixed order
  17. lake
  18. saffron
  19. CMGWB
  20. WMCAB
  21. Red Sing Lions Fly
  22. train
  23. 5
  24. Wise Seven Inside
  25. first letters as a word
  26. 508 441 217
  27. 6
  28. bake
  29. what each letter means
  30. true
  31. numbers and letter lists
  32. 24/09/1954
  33. one word holds a list
  34. clock
  35. a first-letter sentence
  36. an acronym
  37. 456 379 444
  38. condensation
  39. 19 and 47
  40. a first-letter sentence

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