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Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Memory techniques lesson 12: Part 2 test: mnemonics · Set 84 · 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.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only numbers (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
  3. 3.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, lemon, fan, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LRFG (b) RLFG (c) GFLR (d) LFGR
  4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) SWG (c) WGS (d) WSG
  5. 5.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  6. 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
  7. 7.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  8. 8.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Every ___ Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Every (c) Inside (d) Kind
  9. 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a very long word (c) initials match the list (d) a list of numbers
  10. 10.📝 A list to learn, in order: cat, monkey, umpire, van, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SVUMC (b) MUVSC (c) CMUVS (d) MCUVS
  11. 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Rani Silly Lazy ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nani (b) Frogs (c) Lions (d) Yaks
  12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
  13. 13.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) ended (b) over (c) done (d) learnt
  14. 14.True or false: “train” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a mind map
  17. 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) AMFJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 443277143. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 443 277 1433 (b) 443 277 143 (c) 443 771 43 (d) 443 277 134
  19. 19.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
  20. 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bun (b) won (c) three (d) done
  21. 21.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) one word holds a list (d) they always rhyme
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 215965584. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 215 956 584 (b) 215 965 5584 (c) 215 965 584 (d) 215 965 54
  23. 23.📅 The digits 16072000 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0720/00 (b) 16/07/2000 (c) 160/720/00 (d) 1607/20/00
  24. 24.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
  25. 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  26. 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AEASNAA
  28. 28.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
  29. 29.True or false: “won” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, parrot, vase? (a) Very Pink Jeeps (b) Pink Jeeps Very (c) Pink Very Jeeps (d) Jeeps Pink Very
  31. 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, needle, kettle? (a) Nine Kind Very (b) Kind Nine Very (c) Nine Very Kind (d) Very Nine Kind
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) APLE (c) LEPA (d) ELPA
  34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 716020216543. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7160 2021 5643 (b) 7160 2021 66543 (c) 7160 2021 6543 (d) 1602 0216 543
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, frog, candle, violin. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FGCV (b) FCVG (c) GFCV (d) VCFG
  36. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) lock (c) light (d) rock
  37. 37.📅 The digits 03062007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0306/20/07 (b) 03/0620/07 (c) 03/06/2007 (d) 030/620/07
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Crazy Play Cook (b) Crazy Every Play Cook (c) Crazy Play Cook Every (d) Cook Play Crazy Every
  39. 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) APISA (c) AISAP (d) PAISA
  40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

Answer key

  1. False
  2. numbers and letter lists
  3. RLFG
  4. SWG
  5. 5
  6. in the same order
  7. a memory trick
  8. Seven
  9. initials match the list
  10. CMUVS
  11. Frogs
  12. NESW
  13. done
  14. False
  15. False
  16. a rhyme
  17. JFMA
  18. 443 277 143
  19. means something to you
  20. three
  21. one word holds a list
  22. 215 965 584
  23. 16/07/2000
  24. first letters as a word
  25. a first-letter sentence
  26. 7
  27. AANSAEA
  28. the letters make no word
  29. False
  30. Jeeps Pink Very
  31. three chunks, not ten
  32. Very Nine Kind
  33. ELPA
  34. 7160 2021 6543
  35. GFCV
  36. light
  37. 03/06/2007
  38. Every Crazy Play Cook
  39. PAISA
  40. 5

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